New Vaccine May Defeat the New Covid Strain Too

 Maybe the new vaccine will defeat the new strain of the Covid 19 virus. One hopes so. The new British version of Covid 19 (is it Covid 20) that is easier to catch has appeared with a terrorists timing just after the start of vaccines against Covid 19. Like a terrorist that bombs someplace saving a second device to use when first responders arrive, the new version of Covid 19 has appeared after a year developing a vaccine for the virus that has killed about 320 million Americans. If new lethal versions of the bat shit virus appear as commonly as common colds it may require so sort of new protocol to adapt human life and economic procedures.

 The Trump administration set a precedent for dealing with the virus that should not be followed by future administrations. It fundamentally let the virus rage and citizens die while waiting for a vaccine to develop. What was needed was an effort to let the economy work and people stay alive together while vaccines were developed though innovation. At the least some sort of infection preventing head gear should have been invented and distributed.

 A policy to just let people die while waiting for a vaccine to develop isn’t something to emulate politically. If a more lethal disease ever arrives the lack of capacity for the nation to survive seems substantial. In an era with vast biological and computational research that would support production of criminal synthesis of designer weaponized viruses political players should have more realistic plans for national defense to viral vectors of biological death.