In watching some of the news coverage and commentary on this problem, I have been shocked.  Have we turned into a nation of wimps?  Nonsense!  We are every bit as good as our mothers, fathers, and grandparents were in 1941.  We're Americans!  We can do it.  Here's how. The ultimate solution to this problem is a vaccine.  Some sort of antiviral treatment would be a big help in the short run, but the long run answer is a vaccine.  At the beginning of WWII, when the scientists realized that an atomic bomb was a real possibility, there were three possible approaches to building a bomb.  Not knowing which would work, we funded all three.  Millions of dollars and collossal efforts were wasted, but we got a bomb. We should do the same thing now.  Around the world, a number of vaccines have been developed or are in development or testing.  We should start producing the vaccines immediately or as soon as production...(Read Full Post)