A 2007 article for the National Institute of Health stated: "Influenza pandemics have occurred regularly every 30 to 40 years since the 16th century. Today, influenza experts consider the possibility of another influenza pandemic, not in terms of if but when."
Should we have seen the COVID-19, or its likeness, coming? Unquestionably.
Kurt Begalka wrote in a column two years ago: "Unlike 1918, when a flu pandemic swept across the globe, infecting a half billion people and leaving an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims in its wake, doctors know the microscopic killer is not a type of bacteria, and they know how to curtail its spread -- provided that experts divine the right preventive cocktail before next flu season.
Stay safe out there folks and do your best to use this new-found time productively.
It Was Predicted. Now It's Here. --Cooter
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