Ending All Respiratory Infections

# Summary Stripe is launching Intercept, a $500 million philanthropic initiative aimed at eliminating respiratory infections like colds and flu through developing broad-spectrum preventatives and air cleaning technologies. Respiratory viruses currently cost society approximately $600 billion annually in lost productivity and are linked to serious long-term health complications including asthma, heart disease, and dementia, yet solutions remain underfunded despite advances in platform technologies and immunology that make elimination technically feasible.