[OutsiderFan]

The trend isn't promising, but it seems there is a consensus that humans simply must change our behavior on a grand scale to avoid something worse in the future.

Really? A consensus that we must change our behavior? To what exactly? AFAIK, virtually all societies are struggling to "return to normal".

FWIW Dr. Fauci has stated that in his opinion our best approach is to do lots of research toward more "generic" anti-virus measures that will let us quickly have a treatment for novel virus. He is equally worried about other types of virus, not just Corona virus. The ability to quickly use monoclonal antibodies safely would be very nice to have. There are Tvax approaches that can be used for a generic treatment. It may be possible to use software to design antivirals that work reliably (although it certainly isn't yet).  I think he is correct. We aren't necessarily going to be as lucky next time as we were this time. It can be much, much worse.

Needless to say we have lots of fixing to do with our State and County response. The good, honest tracking and tracing numbers from San Mateo County point out some real serious issues that need addressing. Unfortunately, that is apparently beyond the scope of what our politicians are capable of doing at the moment. Hopefully that will change, but I am not holding my breath.

Sorry for not being more clear.  The consensus of which I speak is from people who are educated on the causes of these pandemics at the root cause level. It basically comes down to humans not assaulting nature.  Deforestation, climate change, human encroachment on wild animals, that stuff.

[OutsiderFan]

The trend isn't promising, but it seems there is a consensus that humans simply must change our behavior on a grand scale to avoid something worse in the future.

Really? A consensus that we must change our behavior? To what exactly? AFAIK, virtually all societies are struggling to "return to normal".

FWIW Dr. Fauci has stated that in his opinion our best approach is to do lots of research toward more "generic" anti-virus measures that will let us quickly have a treatment for novel virus. He is equally worried about other types of virus, not just Corona virus. The ability to quickly use monoclonal antibodies safely would be very nice to have. There are Tvax approaches that can be used for a generic treatment. It may be possible to use software to design antivirals that work reliably (although it certainly isn't yet).  I think he is correct. We aren't necessarily going to be as lucky next time as we were this time. It can be much, much worse.

Needless to say we have lots of fixing to do with our State and County response. The good, honest tracking and tracing numbers from San Mateo County point out some real serious issues that need addressing. Unfortunately, that is apparently beyond the scope of what our politicians are capable of doing at the moment. Hopefully that will change, but I am not holding my breath.

Sorry for not being more clear.  The consensus of which I speak is from people who are educated on the causes of these pandemics at the root cause level. It basically comes down to humans not assaulting nature.  Deforestation, climate change, human encroachment on wild animals, that stuff.