I read recently that some medical people have predicted 400,000 deaths

[MineralMan]

8. Very sobering predictions.

It's not going to stop on January 1, either. The pace is accelerating on a national basis at this time.

Universal vaccination with an effective, safe vaccine is our best hope. My worry is that the rush to approve the first possible vaccine could stifle continued research to find the most effective vaccine possible. Trump wants a vaccine as an October Surprise. He wants that so badly that he will probably coerce the FDA into approving a vaccine that has not been adequately tested, rather than wait to see which vaccine has the most efficacy.

Since I'm an old man of 75, with assorted conditions that would probably increase my chance of dying, I will line up for whatever vaccine is available, in the hope that it will offer me some protection. That's why I get a flu shot every year, even knowing that it might not be effective against whatever strain of virus is most prevalent.