May 2021 Pandemic
In March 2020, the world exploded to the news of Covid 19. Initially, we really didn’t understand that we were truly facing a worldwide pandemic, worse than SARS and BIrd Flu and other recent world wide health threats. Some countries took it ultra-seriously and locked down their borders, trying to prevent it from “getting in”. Others more gradually came to a realization that things needed to be done to prevent it spreading within their countries. As time went on, the health authorities realized that Covid 19 had probably gotten a toe hold within their countries long before the outbreak in Wuhan brought it to the world’s attention. Some countries did nothing , hoping for “herd immunity” to develop on its own, while others put basic sanitation restrictions in place to help prevent it spread ing . Recognizing finally that the situation was closer to the Spanish Influenza Epidemic o...