For the “It’s just the flu” bunch:
The ending of meds for my dad will finish him off. I was on the cusp of telling him what was coming a week ago, but I figure his fate is now in God’s hands and scaring him would not do anything constructive (he’s the CNN type, so he thinks that all is well, or at least that big government will, somehow, come to the rescue, if needed).
... big government will, somehow, come to the rescue, if needed
RNA viruses are notoriously hard to develop vaccines for
I wonder how many millions are in the same boat? It will be a very bad sign when they go to the pharmacy and they get a nice reply saying “Sorry, but we are temporarily out of that medication”. But there are a lot of natural products that can replace pharmaceutical drugs in many cases. I would think now would be a good time to start investigating alternatives.