As I read that 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID19 so far, I decided to cheer myself up by reading a quasi-historical account about everyday life during the time of the Black Death, which killed 30-50% of the population.
Amazing how people knew it was coming. Travelers and gossip brought news of it to even small villages. People had a hard time believing that it would actually be as bad as it was.
There is still debate on whether the Black Death was actually caused by the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis or instead one of the epidemic hemorrhagic viruses like Ebola. There are some pretty good arguments for Ebola here. nature.com/scitable/blog/…
What does @POTUS need to do to get COVID under control? It's basic:
➡️Launch comprehensive educational campaign so people can understand what an airborne virus is and how they can protect themselves
➡️DPA to provide N95/equivalent elastomeric masks to ALL Americans including kids
➡️Withhold federal educational funds from all states that do not mandate masks and vaccination of all eligible staff and students
➡️Withold Medicare funds from healthcare entities that do not mandate vaccination AND require health care workers to use N95 masks at all times
➡️DPA to provide all Americans to access to cheap at-home COVID screening tests
➡️Provide science-based national guidelines for school ventilation, air filtration, and student spacing
➡️Provide critically needed support to hospitals and schools - ask them what they need