im so sorry for you and I realize it’s most of us in the same place. Today I had an endoscopy. My doctor said my stomach is very inflamed. She took some samples for a biopsy. So much stress for us all. We’ve known things are bad. It seems more and more people are seeing it, now that this pandemic has made it impossible for most everyone to be more aware. I imagine some 39% or so will find it’s easier to keep drinking the kool aid. I am watching much less news and more Netflix.
pit might be painful just caring for others. But that caring is giving and you might find there’s no need to have guilt when you are doing so much.
Sending you warmth and prayers for your peace and health and for us all.
Anita
We keep hearing that if only we had a vaccine we could end the world's problems with the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm not so sure that a vaccine will end the pandemic. This particular virus has a lot in common with the common cold with respect to its ability to mutate. The reason we don't have vaccines for the common cold is that their value would end quickly once the viruses mutated. We face the problem of trying to keep up with the numerous mutations that occur.
A successful COVID-19 vaccine would likely have only a short period of effectiveness followed by a huge resurgence in the global pandemic. It takes a long period of time to properly test new vaccines for safety and effectiveness. But time is on the side of the viruses which will mutate again and again to make the vaccines ineffective. We clearly have the wrong type of leadership in the White House to deal something like COVID-19. He has actively undermined the measures needed to limit the spread of the virus. Trump does not care one iota about how many people perish because of COVID-19. He cares only about staying in power and raking in money for himself.
@5leafclover Actually, the SARS-CoV-2 mutation rate has so far been more like the mumps than a cold virus. A vaccine should work quite well for getting the pandemic under control:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-to-know-about-mutation-and-covid-19#The-bottom-line
@deetoo You are a gentle soul and the external chaos must be such wear and tear on you. To borrow a phrase from teens today “you do you!” There’s no need to apologize for stepping away. I too have felt the need to pull back my energies and give my inner self safe harbor for a while.
The issue around vaccines also has to do with retention of antibodies. You are right, it's not mutating as quickly as we thought, but it is mutating faster than most influenzas. And it's looking like antibodies might not stay in circulation in a human bloodstream beyond a few weeks.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/studies-report-rapid-loss-of-covid-19-antibodies-67650
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-19-antibodies-fade-months-study/story?id=71406787
Texas has confirmed their first case of Covid in an animal. The animal is a dog and the owners of the dog had covid. It is believed they give the virus to the dog.
First I have heard of a dog getting the virus.