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HERD IMMUNITY COULD POSSIBLY WEAKEN AND EVEN ERADICATE COVID 19;

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HOW TO SAFELY IMMUNIZE MILLIONS TO PROTECT OUR HERD & DRAMATICALLY REDUCE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES SAFELY

Preventive care measures have to be immediately implemented. We have to address the impact that INFLUENZA may have as a COMORBIDITY factor in Covid 19 patients in anticipation of a second wave of this Corona Virus. The impact of the coexistence of these two pathogens has to be considered in terms of anticipated mortality rates in the upcoming months. We must DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR MASSIVE IMMUNIZATION against both. 

AND we have to improve methods to collect data on not just those individuals who test +, but those who develop covid 19 illness’ that did not require hospitalization; data to include any medications prescribed etc., that empirically appears to be beneficial (such as steroids, anti-inflammatory ). 

TO STUDY THE MORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH COVID 19, which is so important yet lacking, we can copy methods currently used by State Boards of Health to track confirmed cases of Lyme's Disease and STDs, in which The Board of Health contacts physicians to collect and document all preventive care data, most importantly documenting the treatment prescribed and if that treatment was curative.

  In terms of Epidemiology, we have been too lax in collecting data on people who test positive for COVID-19, who become overtly ill with a Covid 19 illness and are successfully treated by healthcare providers in outpatient settings (morbidity studies on Covid 19). Collection of statistical data on those who developed a Covid 19 illness but recovered on their own without seeking medical attention is needed as well. Every day we see statistical data in terms of those who simply test positive along with the death toll (mortality rate) with the absence of any statistical data being documented and reported with regards to morbidity (those who tested positive and became ill (morbidity rates). 

  Epidemiology, the study of disease, for the purposes of developing treatment and cures, including development of safe and effective vaccines to combat disease, demands and always includes the study of associated morbidity data without exception. Who is responsible for not understanding the importance of morbidity studies in terms of combating this disease? The Science of epidemiology demands that we study and concentrate on how the disease harms us but our concentration seems to be primarily on reporting those who test positive (sensitivity and specificity studies on testing methods,nasal swabs, saliva...) in a race by laboratories, fueled by economic rewards, to come up with the most effective test, with much less attention being given to studying the disease itself. (It's well known that morbidity and mortality data being collected from hospitals is incomplete and no data whatsoever is being collected from physicians treating patients with Covid 19 illnesses, in outpatient settings.    

  Mistakes have been made by the United States and other countries handling this disease and we should learn from those mistakes. In a world that’s become so technologically advanced it’s hard to believe that we have and continue to ignore methods studied and proven to have the highest success rate in combating disease; combating this illness in accordance with methods established by the Science of Epidemiology. We continue to ignore proven scientific methods in our approach to combat an illness causing a worldwide pandemic, by ignoring important data, morbidity studies, which are always used, without exception, to develop treatment options, most importantly vaccines development. 

  Please, healthcare providers especially YOU ALL, think of sharing this information if you believe it to be valuable in terms of implementing preventative care measures to help protect the population in terms of future mobility and mortality associated with COVID-19. SPEAK UP!! WRITE TO THOSE IN CHARGE!!

Why has the Board of Health not approached Covid 19 in much the same way we approach controlling Lyme's Disease and STDs by contacting US, the ones treating these illness, collecting our data, which is important even though conclusively empirical in terms of successful treatment options. As physicians, we are treating these patients, so one would think to be important to be consulting and collecting information from us (NO CONTACT WITH US AT ALL! ???)

So, let's begin to try to think of ways in which we physicians can, if not control, at least have some say, our opinions heard and listened to, with regards to decision making in within our present HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT HAS BECOME COMPLETELY CONTROLLED BY BIG BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS WHO MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS. WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE BECOME #37 ACCORDING TO THE 'WHO' IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE WHEN COMPARING COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD? 

HERD IMMUNITY IDEAS? WAYS TO INTRODUCE METHODS TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WILL RECEIVE VACCINATIONS AGAINST INFLUENZA AND COVID 19, SOON HAVE TO BE DECIDED ON.

IF WE APPROVE A VACCINE TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND DECIDE THAT VACCINATION OF A GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IS THE WAY TO ERADICATE COVID 19 THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS QUICKLY AND SAFELY? DRIVE-THROUGH COVID 19 AND INFLUENZA VACCINATION SITES PERHAPS? THEY PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR MASS TESTING FOR COVID 19 

WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTING PREVENTIVE CARE MEASURES TO FIGHT COVID 19 IF WE BELIEVE IT TO BE SO LIFE-THREATENING.

SO THOUGHTS?  

Kevin Maloney, MD Mamaroneck NY