We must start planning for a permanent pandemic

In this March 24, 2021 article for Bloomberg, Andreas Kluth explains why we may never be able to go back to normal.

Kluth goes on to explain how vaccines are our only hope to achieve herd immunity, and why, despite the capacity of mRNA technology to make rapid changes to the vaccines, we will never be able to catch up to the rapid mutation in SARS-CoV-2.

Kluth also says that the SARS-CoV-2 is relatively mild compared to Smallpox and the Black Death. The evolutionary path of SARS-CoV-2 with rapid mutations means an endless cycle of lockdowns and reopening, social restrictions and relaxations, outbreaks and remissions. He urges our governments to be prepared to maximize the use of available technology to prevent catastrophe due to this never ending pandemic.

Editor’s Note: This is probably one of the biggest lies we have ever seen in mainstream media and it is one that we have seen being quoted by doctors and public health experts in their social media posts. It is also conditioning people to accept restrictive policies that makes no sense. Unfortunately, the issue with an article like this is that most normal people would take the information on this article, as if it was a consensus within the scientific community. This article is wrong on so many points.

First, we must realize that Adam Kucharski^[1]Kucharski explained why SARS-CoV-2 variant that’s 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that’s 50% more deadly cited by Kluth in the article below, is a mathematician. Unlike a virologist or an immunologist, he does not consider the fact that humans and viruses have both evolved towards a co-beneficial relationship [see Our complicated relationship with viruses]. His computation is based on an assumption that the virus is mutating, while the human immune system is constant. This, as we have discussed in our previous articles, is false [see New study found pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 immunity in general population and Swiss immunologist explains existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and the myth of asymptomatic carriers].

Second, researchers are showing that those who recover from COVID-19 have immunological memory, which means that their immune systems can recognize and protect from future reinfection of the virus [see CNN Report: Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 last for months, Immune systems of recovered COVID-19 patients recognize SARS-COV-2, Study of 10-million person-identifiable PCR-test in Denmark shows young people protected from SARS-CoV-2 reinfection]. Recent studies are also showing that our immune system continues to evolve so that it can protect us from future variants [see Our immune system evolves to fight coronavirus variants, Our immune system is the biggest mystery during this coronavirus outbreak]. Because of this immunological memory and the immune system’s capacity to evolve, SARS-CoV-2 is more likely to become endemic like the flu [see SARS-CoV-2 will probably become endemic].

Third, vaccines are probably the worst tools for herd immunity. Current vaccines are narrow-focused and hence, are more likely to become ineffective for new variants of SARS-CoV-2 [already, the Pfizer vaccine is 100% ineffective against the South African variant, see THE VACCINE DELUSION, PART 1: CBCP Pro-Vaccine Decision Huge Mistake. Vaccines will Not Remove Lockdowns. Ignores Reports of Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccine Serious Injuries Including Death]. Doctors agree that the best defense is still a healthy immune system [watch Pro-vaccine immunologist: “I would probably prefer to have natural immunity” and Pro-vaccine internal medicine doctor explains why he won’t take the COVID vaccine].

Lastly, if countries become overburdened with SARS-CoV-2 cases and deaths, it is not because the virus has evolved to become more infectious and deadly. It is because the government used the wrong intervention and has refused to listen to the science. Most countries still rely on lockdowns when there is concrete evidence that it doesn’t work [see Is A Lockdown Necessary?]. Even the World Health Organization agrees that lockdowns have no real value in infection control [read Will the real WHO please stand up?]. Experts say that lockdowns have already caused more deaths and suffering [see UK figures show: Lockdowns killed two for every three COVID deaths, Wall Street Journal: Lockdowns made pandemic suffering worse than necessary, Lockdowns have killed millions]. It is also bound to make the clinical impact of SARS-CoV-2 worse [see Dr. Knut Wittkowski: Lockdowns are creating a new epidemic].