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29 Jul 2020

What should really be done about COVID-19

The current approach to COVID-19 globally is insane and pathetic. 

This is what I would do if I were king. If you want to live, put me in charge. 

1) The idea of putting the infected en-mass into massive shared spaces to cross-infect each other with different strains is insane. Help people to make makeshift CPAP machines. Airlift supplies to town centres so communities can combat this in a decentralised way. Help people to make their own local solutions to combat this even if that means cutting up socks to use as masks or using bin bag liners as PPE. We saw this exact same thing play out with Ebola so why are we making the same mistakes again? 

2) You shouldn't have to be a linguist to see that Social Distancing = Societal Breakdown in the literal sense. It's a short term solution to a long term problem. It leads to war eventually. It kills more than it saves. Change the approach to continuing normal life with ways to prevent infection and help treatment. Shift everything in regards to how we breath. Channel everything into processing people's breath in enclosed spaces. We want tech available on everyone's mouths that cleans air breathed out 100%. In lieu of this, think about that airflow and touch. Open windows. Channel breath into processing areas. Yes, work from home but it's not a panacea. Share that Japanese video of breath droplets spreading in a room and let people come up with their own solutions to this. Look at all the things China has done. Taxi drivers put their own plastic sheeting up. 

3) 5G and launching thousands of satellites into the ionsphere probably has nothing to do with humanity's herd immunity but it might be wise to just shift frequencies on that going forward, just in case. Maybe it does nothing but at least it shows we tried and recognised the timing, even if there was not much evidence to do so.  

4) This isn't a temporary thing. This is permanent and uncurable. This is our future now, just as science fiction novels predicted. Follow that lead and get bubble head masks available on mass. Get masks sealed to the face without enduing craniofacial dysfunction. 

5) Be proactive, not reactive. Use worse-case projected figures to plan one month ahead, not current figures. 

As an aside, this is changing education and maybe it'll be exactly what we needed for years because it makes bulk processing and geographical elitism that much harder. Maybe it'll lead to more tutoring online and more kids educated through games. Think about how that's going to change the world and change humanity

Also, maybe people deserve to die. I've been writing about this since February and getting banned in English speaking forums just for passing on what I've read in China. I've given up on being careful and diplomatic like that and I'm just stating what to me is obvious here now. 

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