We, ‘the elderly’, get through each “flu season” by virtue of the shots which are provided free by Medicare. But - guess what - there is no “covid-19 shot”, so we are ‘protected’ only by the “herd effect”. If I encounter you, I could easily be infected by you, which may be why this show was terminated {which is where we started}.

The startlingly high mortality this year due to Flu A/B is testament that the vaccine is not effective. Mortality from the flu is running around 7.3%, Coronavirus about 1.4% according to the NCHS, The National Center for Health Statistics. When you combine those numbers with the number of cases identified so far, it does not take an epidemiologist to be figure out which is the greater imminent Public Health threat.