Transcript: A Washington Post Live Special: Melinda & Bill Gates Washington Post Live MS. STEAD SELLERS: Good afternoon and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Frances Stead Sellers, a senior writer at The Washington Post, and I’m honored today to be hosting a Washington Post Live special featuring both Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of the Gates Foundation, in rare back-to-back interviews. In the next half hour, we’ll hear from Bill Gates, but first I want to welcome back Melinda Gates. Thank you very much for joining me today, Melinda. MS. GATES: Thanks for having me, Frances. MS. STEAD SELLERS: Well, I m delighted. You have just released your annual letter, and I was struck by the personal tone in it. You ve spent two decades devoting your time to global health, but what difference has this pandemic made now that it s on our doorstep to the way you think about global health and also to the way you commit resources?