a little later on in august... ...august 2020. . .
and well into a genuinely worrisome pandemic -
- which word is now being about as universally° misused as is ''epicentre'' -
- seeing as it actually means, an epidemic affecting multiple continents:
it gives no necessary indication of any particular severity°° of symptoms suffered by those infected by it;
- but in any case, i hope that none of my friends as may remain ''here'' on lj suffer badly from covid-19,
and that one or other of the currently likely-looking vaccine candidates proves successful,
and is rapidly made universally available:
for not only does this particular pandemic provide warning that healthcare is a global concern;
it has, by its source, spread - and costs - reiterated that the health of the rich & megawealthy few
is truly dependant upon the health and living standards of the poorest and most crowded-together many.
° - i.e. on uk tv, radio and in what little of the press now read by yr hmbl srppnt.
°° - nor severity, nor lack thereof