I have received the following feedback.
Friday, August 21, 2020: I’m impressed by the depth of thought and detail outlined in your plan. Much like the war effort in the 40’s, if the country could mobilize to defeat this enemy, the pandemic might be eradicated. But it won’t work in our time for several reasons:
Tuesday, October 27, 2020. I have reviewed your
plan. Unfortunately, with respect, I feel it is both impractical and
impossible. A complete 14-day country-wide quarantine would be devastating
to the economy, not to mention the fact that the businesses and
organizations that we rely on daily far exceed the food, bar, and personal
hygiene services.
Who is going to run our power plants, handle sewer and water, and the
thousand of other businesses and industries that are a necessity to our
society? How about the homeless and the poor who live in crowded tenement
housing? Or the hordes of migrant workers who live five families packed in
the basement of a small home (my sister-in-law lives in such a
neighborhood)? They will continue to spread the virus while the rest of us
are caged up.
You can’t mandate smart. Your plan assumes that everyone is rational,
reasonable, and has good sense. In my experience this is far from the
case. Just look at the rioting, looting, and mass unauthorized
demonstrations that have gone on in recent days, all of which are against
the law.
‘America Strong’ is a good slogan, I’ll grant you that, and we will
prevail, but we have to learn to live with the virus until it runs its
course like viruses have done a million times in history. We can fight it
and save some lives but the reality is mother nature is in command. For
the most part, we are spitting into the wind. At best, we are spreading
out its impact over a longer length of time.
A vaccine can be a game changer but not a cure to irradiate the disease.
It can save lives for some but not the majority.
The polio epidemic was not ended by vaccine, it was subdued. Vaccines
themselves killed thousands in India and many hundreds of American
children in the 50s. It took 40 years to develop an effective vaccine and
that was a happy accident while attempting to culture chicken pox.
Those who think isolation, quarantine, or miracle vaccines developed in
six months will end this epidemic need to study the true science of
viruses. Viruses are not living beings. They are molecules that carry
chemicals that bond adversely to our cells. You don’t kill a virus in the
normal sense because it is not alive. The body must develop an immunity
naturally. That is what the body is designed to do. As long as a person is
not immune they run the risk of reacting to the virus. A vaccine attempts
to cause the body to develop an immunity before it meets the full
onslaught of the virus.
All that is not to say we shouldn’t do what we can to avoid getting sick,
but the avoidance should not result in more harm done than that done by
the virus. We need to look at the whole picture and how a pandemic and our
reaction to it affects society as a whole.
Sorry for the ramble. I don’t expect that you will agree but at least it
may add more to your thought process as your plan has done for mine.
I also contacted The White House, Senator's Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, but have not received any response from any ot them. I have, however, received feedback from President-elect Joseph Biden. His plan seems to coincide with my plan in most respects.
Thank You