Pandemic Notes, part Five, late September. About Vaccines

So to instalment five of my notes on the pandemic. We are now coming up on October and it seems here in Toronto the Good we are into the second wave of the great plague of 2020. Pandemics tend to come in three waves and the second is usually the worst.

The reason seems to be that people get complacent and think it is over. That is certainly what was happening in Ontario over the summer. The numbers have now shot up again. As of today they have dropped back a bit. We must hope that this is not just a blip and is because people are getting the message.

As one wise and witty twitterer has been saying for months; nothing is coming to save us. A vaccine will eventually be found but none will be fully effective. What is needed is a permanent change in the way we do things.

More on that topic but right now I will talk more about vaccines. The first ones may start to be used by the end of this year or early next. I am not here posing as an expert on vaccines. I am just some cranky old fart who spends too much time on the net and also thinks too much.

About Jabskis

I am still very keen on Russian vaccines. The Russkies actually have a very good history at infectious disease control. In the beginning, starting back in the Czar’s time, Doctor Gamaleya…