Covid-2019 - 2023-01-20

In "Recommended Reading," a story worrying about the new applications of MRNA vaccines to livestock. What, me worry? But normally we test new medicines on animals before giving them to people. In the pandemic era, the reverse. 

And Japan has followed China's lead in downgrading Covid to the threat-status of the common flu. No totalitarian government responding to mass protests was required, either. And Japan's recent case profile looks very much like China's -- a record surge. All that was needed was a little common sense. What would the world look like if the community of nations had taken this approach three years ago? Well, that was impossible -- because that's what he-must-not-be-named wanted to do. Oh well...