Corona Virus Treatment

If you haven't then I have some corks for sale.

 

I think the yearly Flu jab only covers around 3 of the more than 38 different strains of Flu, so there is still no effective to answer to Flu and we are still losing people of all ages and conditions to it. So, a vaccine for the Coronavirus will still not be the "Silver Bullet". Manufacture of it will take at least a couple of years and then even more time as there will have to be enough to give to the Billions in the world and, probably, even in ten years time not all of those will have had the vaccine.

 

I see his point @Jenny namaste - not entirely sure I agree with it however. As you know, given my past, I am highly at risk from this virus; were I to get it, it would likely see me off, and at 44 years old I am hopeful that I won't be shuffling off due to something else anytime soon.

Yes, there does need to be some perspective in all this - the flu takes many more than have died so far; however, the key there is 'so far' - I think the problem is that this virus is a bit of an unknown, not just in it's current form, but they also don't know how it may mutate.

The other risk is not from the virus itself - yes, 250,000 may well die and that is less than 1% of the population, but that figure would wholly overwhelm our NHS and other services (burial/cremation etc) - the steps being taken are to try and smooth that spike and spread it out over a longer period of time.

 

I think it is a very dangerous premise as it says that the value of a life is unequal simply on the basis of age. It is not proposing any other parameters - not that I'm suggesting that there are other parameters that predicate that a person is not of equal value under any circumstances.

There are plenty of reasons people could pick for why some people should not be valued. Hitler is a salutary example. The KKK is another. There are numerous groups of people that think they know best

There have been many books written and films made that dramatise these situations.

'Make Room! Make Room' a 1966 book by Harry Harrison and turned into a film called 'Soylent Green' in 1973.

The film is only loosely based on the book but older people were being persuaded to have voluntary euthenasia and were then being turned into food! Charlton Heston and Edward G Robinson starred in it.

'Logan's Run' a 1967 book by William F Nolan and the 1976 film of the same name was about people being killed when they reached a certain age - 21 in the book and 30 in the film. Michael York and Jenny Agutter starred in the film.

Both films won awards.

There are many other books based on removing sectors of the population for one reason or another or valuing them differently!

Slavery and Hitler's Lebensraum are just two.

I apologise for all this but was just trying to answer Jenny's question. I don't think it is really a topic for discussion.

 

@pete do you really think six books a week is too much?