(Preface: I must admit that I am not a formerly educated expert of the virus world, however from 1986 into the early 1990’s I was envolved on a low level with Haunta Virus that plagued the Four Corners Area of the West. In order to tend to my parts of the clean-out of affected areas I attend to several seminars conducted by the CDC and other health experts in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition, I gained additional my own education by reading writings of other viral experts. My comments below were written in 1921 and some information may have been since changed or updated.)

Coronovirus was first discovered in humans in the 1960’s but is suspected to be in humans for many centuries, if not thousands of years. It has existed in the form of different strains such as Mers and SARS and other lesser known strains. The strains have been known to jump from animals to humans and from humans to humans. The SARS strain, which was identified about twenty years ago, is a medical/scientific mystery in that it has all but disappeared in humans. The question is why, and can we possibly see a similar kind of result with COVID-19?

The cure for COVID-19 depends upon how and if epidemiologists can take dead remnants this virus strain and convert it into an antibody, much like what has been done with the influenza virus which includes as mainly different strains…but, even here, because of the variations of strains, it has been a hit or miss situations in the yearly development of sera to combat the influenza virus – the CDC estimates that, from Oct. 1, 2019 to April 4, 2020, anywhere from about 25,000 to about 65,000 will result from the influenza virus. This does serve to represent a vagueness of data that even the epidemiologist and virologist cannot adequately conclude or depend upon in the continuous war against different types of viruses.

To date, April 27, 2020, the U.S. death toll is nearing 60,000 people with New York City being hit the hardest. The percentage of the resulting deaths is difficult to evaluate in that, 1) there are many people nation-wide who are never diagnosed with having COVIUD-19, and 2) there are many deaths that have resulted due to other causes (cancer, diabetes, heart-failure, even influenza, etc.) but have been classified as Coronavirus deaths because the deceased individual had, even if mild or recovered, the virus. In some ways this is explainable: where the high numbers of deaths could not all be autopsied whereby coroners being heavily burdened with autopsies, knowing that the demised was in contact with the virus, labeled it as such because it is known that Coronavirus does weaken those who are plagued with the preexisting condition. At best, this is speculative on their part.

As with other forms of viruses, those who have been in contact with it and survived, may again become exposed, however, most will have developed a resistance strong enough to ward it off. Most others still will only suffer mild affects. Plus, the transmittal of the virus then will also decrease. We don’t know enough yet to project, but we must take to positive thinking and hope that this occurs with COVID-19. At the same time, other solutions must be sought.

My opinion, the medical field cannot have the complete say as to how to approach protecting the public. Consideration strongly has to be given to the psychological and the socio/economic elements that are necessary for survival. As brilliant as they may be, the scientific leaders most often have tunnel-vision, only in the direction of their specialty field. It all has to be balanced with the respective country’s leadership’s learning and disseminating of the data and information given to them and act accordingly. They cannot be reliant upon any one source. They have, in most cases, the responsibility to make the decisions that will most benefit the people. No, they are not gods who will not make mistakes, but they have been entrusted with the decisions by their fellow countrymen and will accept the condemnation or success or whatever results.

Personally, I feel that much of the precautions taken to safeguard the overall populace can contribute to many more deaths in the forms of depression and suicide, hypertension and anxiety, dislocation of homes and small businesses, the loss of jobs and the resulting diminished source of supply such as truckers, the shut-down of meat processing plants such as in the pork industry and the effect that it will have on distribution, and some draconian tactics such as those employed by the Michigan governor and the leaders of different cities and the state itself in California. We may never be able to definitely attribute the number of deaths because of these actions, mainly because we don’t have a true way of calculating them. With all of this being said, even though I may be in disagreement in some areas, I will be abiding by the suggested regulations unless, and until, it becomes obvious that the cure is becoming worse than the cure.

Finally, we are Americans are often quick to place blame, and these people are mostly politically minded in the hopes of gaining favor come the November elections. Ignore them. If there is blame, we must be looking in the direction of China and its ambitions, and to the World Health Organization (WHO) which has lost its objectiveness and is heavily influenced by China and other countries that would see that the U.S., and other eastern and western nations that are productive, come to harm.

Stay safe… and think positive.

Alexander Wisniewski