9 August

A few hundred years ago humans thought the universe revolved around the Earth. Today's version of that vanity is visible in the pandemic right now. We think it'll be defeated only by a vaccine or drug. Microbes live in communities, it's much more likely other microbes will shut the virus down than we will. That's what likely happened in other pandemics. The microbes are not paying any attention to us at all. https://theconversation.com/bacteria-and-viruses-are-travelling-the-world-on-highways-in-the-sky-142854