> The human race did have some luck with COVID-19: it could have been more deadly, and it responded well to rapidly-developed vaccines (at least at first). So i

> The human race did have some luck with COVID-19: it could have been more deadly, and it responded well to rapidly-developed vaccines (at least at first). So it serves as good training. There is no reason to believe that these lessons definitely won't apply to the next virus, so "planning to fight the last war again" is actually a good idea when it comes to this kind of war. tbh that is a good point. Sure it was a shit show...but imagine the shit show if it was even just 10x deadlier. It was definitely a good 'practice run', for dealing w/ emergencies and it's not like we don't have a huge docket of emergencies coming up in our future w/ climate change and future pandemics... The way we did launch the vaccines is def. admirable and positive, society's acceptance is just frustrating ... it's in the way /r/conspiracy is overrun by people who end up in /r/hermancainawards that has me flabbergasted... but I guess if idiots take themselves out of the game by second-guessing true science...at least a comet isn't headed to earth and collective stupidity will annihilate us all, just themselves and their own personal circles.