Flipping America

The Pandemic of 2020 rages on. And raging perhaps louder than the disease itself is the on-going debate about when and how the economy should open. Protesters are out in multiple metropolitan areas, jobless claims went up another 3 million last week - nearly 35 million now unemployed. Yet the Governor of California this morning announced that the state will remain locked down until there is a vaccine. How about that for a ransom note? Did you know that the vast majority of viruses in existence have no vaccine. A successful vaccine for any virus is the exception rather than the rule. They still don’t have a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They don’t really have a vaccine for the flu. They give you a flu shot which is somewhat effective in protecting you from the flu that was prevalent last year in Asia. If it were an effective vaccine, you wouldn’t need another one every year. Yes I know it mutates, but that’s the problem. Virus vaccines are remarkably difficult. I’m not saying they won’t develop