posted on Dec, 22 2022 @ 06:17 PM
a reply to:
Uphill -- in somewhat related news, I heard back today from US writer Lawrence Wright, the author of the
well-regarded book on Al Quaida's origins -- The Looming Tower. He tells me that he is thinking of writing a new book on COVID-19. He doesn't say
whether it will be fiction or non-fiction. One of his books on COVID-19 is the novel The End Of October. I'm just re-reading that now. It seems to
be much more readable and enjoyable now since more is known in 2022 about how the disease is transmitted, etc.
I told him that he may be able to take his time writing the new book, since Earth's last three probable viral pandemics lasted an average of 10-12
years in the pre-vaccination era. It seems likely to me that the current pandemic may endure close to that duration, because so many mis-steps were
made in understanding how the disease was transmitted, making adequate masks available, preparing vaccines that included clinical trials data showing
evidence of safety and effectiveness, making vaccines available across the world, etc., etc.
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