I have been closely watching all the developments with regard to how this Covid 19 pandemic is being handled and I cannot help to feel that an immediate solution is possible if our so called global experts concentrated on an achievable solution now.
All these experts are spending all their efforts and vast amounts of taxpayer's money in an attempt to develop a vaccine and we all know this will take years to achieve with extreme doubt they will ever be successful. Most experts admit there is not at present a vaccine for the common cold.
I for one feel that all efforts should be concentrated on developing an anti-viral respiratory mask which will not only protect the wearer from contracting the virus but also prevent the wearer, who is Covid Virus positive, from transmitting the virus.
The Covid Virus dimensional foot print is between 70 & 90 nano-microns (0.07 - 0.09 microns) and what is needed is a filtration medium that can catch the virus as it passes through the membrane.
The present N95 mask, which is regarded as the best mask in the market, can filter 95% of air-borne particles but is just not good enough to achieve anti-viral wearer protection.
Also the N95 mask is extremely uncomfortable to wear and can only be used on 1 occasion.
I suggest all these global experts concentrate on the simplest achievable solution, create a global mask wearing society and then concentrate on the development of a vaccine when the world is operational again.
100's of thousands of people are dying at the moment, which is obviously distressing, but billions are suffering and things are getting worse on a daily bases.
I appreciate your thoughts both positive or negative. Cheers.