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26 March 2020
There are many who think we’ll be okay in two or three months. Wrong.
Two things to consider:
The fact we have no coordinated federal response to COVID-19 means it will ripple across the country. As New York City flattens its curve, the curve will be shooting upwards in places that are not social distancing right now and where the leaders refuse to take it seriously. We just had a governor claim “we’re not going to be like China” in refusing to not only take action, but trying to prevent local leaders from taking action.
The second factor is that pandemics come in waves like a tsunami. Tsunamis aren’t just a single wave. We’ll see COVID-19 rise up again and again until we have an effective, world-wide vaccine. That will take a while, although that is one bright spot I’m seeing. Several companies are already testing vaccines. However, depending on the type of vaccine, not only will the testing take a while (or else we end up wit I Am Legend), depending on which one it is, the manufacturing could be an issue.
While our globalism helped bring on this pandemic, it is also helping in finding the answers. Scientists around the world are sharing data on open sources. Yes, it’s not peer-reviewed and all that, but it’s data.
I’ve been mentioning long term planning for a while and now that I’m in week 3, it’s time to start talking about it. In The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide, I had a base line…
