Oh, I agree, the data, what can be trusted is nothing to
to be optimistic about and there is no way to rationalize
the numbers we are seeing.
I meant more is there an actual possibility of the “game
changer” or “silver bullet” that will let us off the hook
(relatively) easy, like:
1. a wonder-drug cocktail,
2. a mutation that renders CV harmless, etc.
I don’t want to encourage false hope or magical thinking,
I am just wondering if there are other “known unknowns”
(to paraphrase Don Rumsfeld) we haven’t considered with
CV and how long we’re going to be dealing with it.
I think we are in trial and error mode on treatments and vaccines...
It may also turn out that some treatments work better for some people than others—there may not be one “magic bullet”.
Go low-carb. The sugar just feeds the viruses if you have a few inside you. No better time to go keto and you’ll lose some weight too while helping to protect your health.
The problem with the mutation theory is that it could go either way (that’s how we got here, whether it was a deliberate mutation induced in a lab or a natural one). And it still doesn’t eliminate the existing strain. And there is no guarantee that a mutation will confer immunity against other strains, anyway. And viable, distinct mutations don’t happen as often as people seem to think.
Wonder drug cocktail is a better hope.
We will be dealing with this for the foreseeable future. Treatment until a vaccine is produced, then vaccinate everyone in the world. Make this extinct like smallpox is supposed to be.
Finding the lab that made it and then finding the antidote or vaccine they undoubtedly made for their own people.