There's Never Going to Be a Life 'After COVID'
Dec 13, 2021 23:56:23 GMT -5
Post by maybetoday on Dec 13, 2021 23:56:23 GMT -5
December 13, 2021
There's Never Going to Be a Life 'After COVID'
By Keith Jackson, MD
Remember when we were under the impression that we could wait for Americans to acquire natural immunity to COVID-19, and, along with the adoption of vaccines against the novel virus, we could all "return to normal"? Well, that's not going to happen. The question then becomes, when do we accept that this virus will be with us for decades, and just how much power will we cede to our government in suppressing our freedom to fight the problem?
We've had vaccines for the flu forever, it seems. But we can't avoid having the common cold spread through our communities every year, sometimes multiple times a year. That's because adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial viruses, and others mutate so quickly that it makes creating a vaccine for the cold nearly impossible. It is the nature of any virus to mutate. COVID-19 is a coronavirus and is not at all different.
The recent strains of COVID-19 are coming out of South Africa. That is primarily because of the estimated 8 million HIV-infected, and, therefore, immunocompromised, sub-Saharan Africans serving as incubators for the virus. Because the immune systems of these unfortunates are slower to fight the virus, this fosters mutations, erodes vaccine protection, and increases the possibility of viral transmission. African COVID-19's "children" are procreating exponentially, with no end in sight.
As a result of this sub-Saharan, HIV/COVID interaction, the World Health Organization calls for more effective HIV treatment, universal vaccination for COVID-19, and removing the stigmatization of those Africans with HIV. Does anyone believe that the track record of the WHO, the travel bans in the African sub-continent, and the supply chain problem we are experiencing will do anything but compound the problem? Interestingly, malaria in Africa is experiencing a dramatic increase in frequency and lethality — so much so that the WHO has declared this a crisis. Why is this happening? Because of disruptions in the administration of care for malaria patients caused by COVID-19.
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There's Never Going to Be a Life 'After COVID'
By Keith Jackson, MD
Remember when we were under the impression that we could wait for Americans to acquire natural immunity to COVID-19, and, along with the adoption of vaccines against the novel virus, we could all "return to normal"? Well, that's not going to happen. The question then becomes, when do we accept that this virus will be with us for decades, and just how much power will we cede to our government in suppressing our freedom to fight the problem?
We've had vaccines for the flu forever, it seems. But we can't avoid having the common cold spread through our communities every year, sometimes multiple times a year. That's because adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial viruses, and others mutate so quickly that it makes creating a vaccine for the cold nearly impossible. It is the nature of any virus to mutate. COVID-19 is a coronavirus and is not at all different.
The recent strains of COVID-19 are coming out of South Africa. That is primarily because of the estimated 8 million HIV-infected, and, therefore, immunocompromised, sub-Saharan Africans serving as incubators for the virus. Because the immune systems of these unfortunates are slower to fight the virus, this fosters mutations, erodes vaccine protection, and increases the possibility of viral transmission. African COVID-19's "children" are procreating exponentially, with no end in sight.
As a result of this sub-Saharan, HIV/COVID interaction, the World Health Organization calls for more effective HIV treatment, universal vaccination for COVID-19, and removing the stigmatization of those Africans with HIV. Does anyone believe that the track record of the WHO, the travel bans in the African sub-continent, and the supply chain problem we are experiencing will do anything but compound the problem? Interestingly, malaria in Africa is experiencing a dramatic increase in frequency and lethality — so much so that the WHO has declared this a crisis. Why is this happening? Because of disruptions in the administration of care for malaria patients caused by COVID-19.
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