Let me try to steer this back to Covid-19
I listened to an episode on NPR today that was very informative. Don't come to the conclusion it was a dunning by liberals.
It was an interview with a Dr, from UNC, who was instrumental in the development of Remdesivir. He is also involved with another drug that is in Phase 2 trials now that is a pill rather than a shot like Remdesivir. He believes we are doing well on the trail of therapies. He would not comment on the use of plasma stating that the results are to mixed. He is not directly involved in any of the vaccines that are in development so he had no ax to grind.
He was asked what we could anticipate in the future. What we could expect down the road.
His comments were most interesting to me.
He said:
This will not be the last Corona virus. There are colonies of varies corona viruses scattered throughout the animal world, not just bats. These viruses can all easily jump to human lung tissues. So we will continue to see waves of Corona virus infections. But he feels that we have and continue to learn a lot about how to respond in the future.
He feels that the Corona-19 virus impact on the human race will evolve, so that within 3 to 5 years it will be just another version of the common cold. BUT he said we can get there, herd immunity, the easy way or the hard way. He feels we will have a successful vaccine available but it will not be released until the medical community feels that it is safe. Companies will resist the political pressure to rush things. But even without a vaccine it will still evolve to "cold" status within 3-5 years. If its done the hard way a lot of people will be infected and a number will die. The chilling thing he said was that a number of people would recover from the virus but potentially die down the road in five years. That it appeared that had recovered but the body was dead and just didn't know it then.
He said the more important thing was that human kind needed to learn how to be kind to their own human race. We, as a society, needed to learn how to listen to the medical community and develop habits that are beneficial to society (ea. wear masks and socially distance). That our behavior will have more impact on future new infections than medical treatments.
