[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":437},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-debunking-covid-19-theories":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":187,"relatedBooks":322},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":42,"contact_email_category":46,"yst_prominent_words":47,"class_list":68,"better_featured_image":88,"acf":122,"yoast_meta":131,"_links":134},28161,"2020-05-19T10:00:00","2020-05-19T08:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=28161&_wpnonce=24c4181371&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-01-21T09:55:51","2021-01-21T08:55:51","debunking-covid-19-theories","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdebunking-covid-19-theories",{"rendered":17},"Debunking COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>One person in Wuhan eats an uncooked bat, and your local Walmart runs out of toilet paper. This is such a surreal scenario, no wonder people are looking for alternative answers to how their normal lives got blown into pieces in the matter of weeks. And while conspiracy theories are usually a marginal phenomenon, in this age of misinformation, these theories seem to take over the place of truth and science.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the truth is usually complex and often hard to understand, these clean-cut conspiracy narratives are designed to prey on pre-established suspicions, so they can seem like viable alternatives. \u003Cstrong>And unfortunately, in our ever-connected social networks, these theories have a tendency to spread just as rapidly as COVID-19 does.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>In this video, we debunk all COVID-19 conspiracy theories:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories DEBUNKED \u002F Episode 18 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FGza1b3oVhMw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONSPIRACY THEORY: COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese lab\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">FACT: No, it didn’t\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let’s start with the most widespread theory: that the virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory. This rumour came to life because Wuhan has China’s only Level-4 bio-laboratories, where researchers have been studying coronaviruses for a long time, along with lots of other more nasty viruses; and also, because Donald Trump himself \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fworld-us-canada-52496098\" target=\"_blank\">believes and spreads this theory\u003C\u002Fa>. There are maps that show how close the laboratory is to the Wuhan wet market, the suspected epicentre of the outbreak. Since the human brain is naturally wired to look for patterns, people can see this proximity as finding a missing piece of the puzzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A Level-4 bio-laboratory has \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>the highest level of bio-containment precautions\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong> to isolate dangerous biological agents. This is a universal standard set by the CDC. There IS no Level-5. This is as good as it gets. Therefore, chances of viruses escaping a Level-4 environment are extremely low. But with most conspiracy theories, facts won’t disturb people who want to believe in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The idea that the new coronavirus is originated from the Wuhan lab came from a documentary produced by the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FThe_Epoch_Times\" target=\"_blank\">Epoch Times\u003C\u002Fa>, an English-language news outlet with links to a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fepoch-times-coronavirus-bioweapon-1.5548217\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese religious cult\u003C\u002Fa> that has long been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In their documentary, they insisted on calling COVID-19 as “\u003Cem>the CCP-virus\u003C\u002Fem>.” And since this notion went mainstream, it has even been used by the Trump \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F30\u002Fcoronavirus-trump-suspects-covid-19-came-from-china-lab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">administration\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?time_continue=1&v=ytGIkcCh7T8&feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cast blame on the Chinese\u003C\u002Fa>, pushing the two countries’ relationship to an all-time low. By helping to spread this theory, people only helped a Chinese anti-government, religious cult they probably didn’t even know exists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fimage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28859\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: mytimesnow.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONSPIRACY THEORY: Coronavirus is a biological weapon\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">FACT: No, it isn’t\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As early as January 2020, conservative Washington Times gave space to a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.xinhuanet.com\u002Fenglish\u002F2020-02\u002F27\u002Fc_138824145.htm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioschina&stream=china\" target=\"_blank\">news piece\u003C\u002Fa> from its national security correspondent Bill Gertz, stating no less than “coronavirus may have originated in lab linked to China’s biowarfare program.” In an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnypost.com\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F22\u002Fdont-buy-chinas-story-the-coronavirus-may-have-leaked-from-a-lab\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">article\u003C\u002Fa> in a tabloid back in February, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSteven_W._Mosher\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mosher\u003C\u002Fa> (an anthropologist, and author of \u003Cem>Bully of Asia: Why China’s ‘Dream’ Is the New Threat to World Order\u003C\u002Fem>) also wrote that the coronavirus may have leaked from a lab in Wuhan. Only one more step from here and many people started to believe that the virus was actually engineered by Chinese scientists as a biological weapon. There was no end to it from this point: news, blogs, social media sites were flooded with this misinformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It seems it’s harder to accept that a global catastrophe like this pandemic could happen as easily and coincidentally as it did. But as Neil deGrasse Tyson said\u003Cem>,\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong> \u003Cem>“The good thing about science is that it’s true \u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>   \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>whether or not you believe in it.\u003C\u002Fem>“\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Science clearly proved that COVID-19 is a zoonotic virus\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning it has spread to people from an animal. Several independent laboratories \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3497669\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">around the world\u003C\u002Fa> verified this fact, and even an \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voanews.com\u002Fcovid-19-pandemic\u002Fus-intel-coronavirus-not-manmade-still-studying-lab-theory-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation\u003C\u002Fa> by the United States military \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fworld\u002F2020\u002Fapr\u002F14\u002Fcovid-19-origin-lab-general-mark-milley\" target=\"_blank\">concluded\u003C\u002Fa> that “the weight of evidence indicates that the virus’ origin is ‘natural'”. But that won’t stop people spreading misinformation, and now nearly \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pewresearch.org\u002Ffact-tank\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F08\u002Fnearly-three-in-ten-americans-believe-covid-19-was-made-in-a-lab\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">three-in-10 Americans believe\u003C\u002Fa> that COVID-19 was made in a lab. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fmax-o-matic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28863\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: \u003Ca href=\"Source: The Atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Atlantic\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONSPIRACY THEORY: COVID-19 is a USA-virus\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">FACT: No, it isn’t\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In response, China deployed its own propaganda machine to push their own agenda. China’s foreign ministry spokesman \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scmp.com\u002Fnews\u002Fchina\u002Fsociety\u002Farticle\u002F3075051\u002Fchinese-foreign-ministry-spokesman-tweets-claim-us-military\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted\u003C\u002Fa> that it’s possible that \u003Cstrong>the US military brought the virus to Wuhan\u003C\u002Fstrong>. This went widespread in China. As much as Americans believe that the virus came from the Wuhan lab, a lot of people in China believe it was \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.military.com\u002Fdaily-news\u002F2020\u002F03\u002F12\u002Fchinese-official-says-us-army-may-have-brought-epidemic-wuhan.html\" target=\"_blank\">American military personnel\u003C\u002Fa> who had brought the virus to China during their participation in the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan last October. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Just as Trump was pushing the name “China virus”, there was an accompanying attempt in China to rename COVID-19 the “USA virus”. This blame-shifting has not stopped since and we can only hope things will get better – at least after the November elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>And now, let’s travel from the land of plausible lies to straight up crazytown.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-group\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONSPIRACY THEORY: 5G networks are accelerating the spread of coronavirus\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">FACT: No, they aren’t\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"has-normal-font-size\">One of the biggest new conspiracy theories is that \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F4\u002F4\u002F21207927\u002F5g-towers-burning-uk-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-link\" target=\"_blank\">5G networks spread\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong> the virus. This theory clearly shows that no PhD is required to create a Twitter account. It should be needless to say that it is biologically impossible for viruses to spread using the electromagnetic spectrum. The latter are waves or photons, while the former are biological particles composed of proteins and nucleic acids. It’s mind-boggling that even a single person \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffullfact.org\u002Fhealth\u002F5G-not-accelerating-coronavirus\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">buys this\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FNeil-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28867\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FNeil-Hall.jpg 616w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FNeil-Hall-370x208.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ft.com\u002Fcontent\u002F1eeedb71-d9dc-4b13-9b45-fcb7898ae9e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Times\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>But that’s how conspiracy theories work\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Take something we fear – like the electromagnetic radiation of 5G networks. Add suspicion – like the notion that there is a hidden agenda behind the rapid rollout of 5G networks. Mix it up, and pour it over something that already preys on our mind – like the fear of COVID-19. \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>In this case, it was a guy named \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftechnology-52198946\" target=\"_blank\">David Icke\u003C\u002Fa>, who believes 5G is a global conspiracy to cull the population. His followers claim he is a world renowned scientist, being \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftechnology-52198946\" target=\"_blank\">hunted\u003C\u002Fa> by the medical industry for saying the truth. In reality, he’s a former \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.goal.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fwhich-football-team-did-david-icke-play-for-infamous\u002F114awztpiaydr1i40y8z0kabep\" target=\"_blank\">football player\u003C\u002Fa>, a BBC sports presenter – and someone \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newstatesman.com\u002Flifestyle\u002F2014\u002F11\u002Fpsycho-lizards-saturn-godlike-genius-david-icke\" target=\"_blank\">who believes\u003C\u002Fa> the Earth is run by shape-shifting reptilian humanoids. He also happens to publish \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FBooks-David-Icke\u002Fs?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADavid+Icke\" target=\"_blank\">twenty books\u003C\u002Fa> about the most asinine conspiracy theories you can find out there. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And if anyone still believes that it’s 5G towers that spread the virus, ask yourself this: how come that 5G networks are only deployed in 34 countries, while COVID 19 is present in 212 countries at the moment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-group\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONSPIRACY THEORY: COVID-19 was unleashed by Bill Gates\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">FACT: No, it wasn’t\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Billionaires are elusive figures. Some of them are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbusiness-45560987\" target=\"_blank\">detached from the rest\u003C\u002Fa> of us. They are also perfect to be cast as villains. So when the video of Bill Gates resurfaced from 2015 where he warns of a pandemic, some people clearly didn’t understand what the founder of a computer company has to do with epidemiology. Unfortunately, that confusion led to theories, and those theories quickly got out of control. Now there are people who believe the virus was actually created by Bill Gates to make a few more billions on the vaccine. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The next outbreak? We’re not ready | Bill Gates | TED\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F6Af6b_wyiwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cfigcaption>Bill Gates on TED  Talks in 2015\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>Only but a few people listened when Bill Gates first talked about a pandemic in the coming – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gatesnotes.com\u002FHealth\u002FA-Better-Response-to-the-Next-Pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">in 2010\u003C\u002Fa>. In an interview with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2020\u002F03\u002F10\u002Fbill-gates-president-trump-pandemic-preparedness-investment\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Stat\u003C\u002Fa> in 2018, he mentioned that he urged Donald Trump to invest in pandemic preparedness. (The President didn’t listen.) This year the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gatesfoundation.org\u002FMedia-Center\u002FPress-Releases\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FBill-and-Melinda-Gates-Foundation-Dedicates-Additional-Funding-to-the-Novel-Coronavirus-Response\" target=\"_blank\">Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation\u003C\u002Fa> has pledged up to $100 million to improve detection, isolation and treatment efforts; protect at-risk populations in Africa and South Asia; and accelerate the development of vaccines, drugs and diagnostics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Gates spent much of the second act of his career initiating and supporting efforts to prevent and control infectious diseases. His knowledge on viruses is on par with the world’s best epidemiologists. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As this COVID-19 conspiracy theory goes, Gates owns the “patent” for the new coronavirus that wasn’t even discovered until January 2020, and he has shares in companies that are currently working around the clock to come up with a vaccine. The latter part is actually true. \u003Cstrong>Gates did help fund many potential coronavirus vaccines\u003C\u002Fstrong>. And he’s spending billions of dollars by doing so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FThe-Intercept-768x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28861\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FThe-Intercept-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FThe-Intercept.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: The Intercept\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-group\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONSPIRACY THEORY: coronavirus is about money\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">FACT: really, it isn’t\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To the layman, vaccine-production seems like the greatest business in the world. Most everybody’s going to need it sooner or later, so that must be paid by someone. Truth is, the search for and the development of a new vaccine is  a highly risky philanthropic endeavour. In other words: it is extremely expensive, time-consuming and risky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>During the SARS epidemic, a team of Texas scientists started developing a promising vaccine against the virus. Years of effort and millions of dollars spent, they finally came close to having a vaccine. But by the time they had it, the SARS was gone and no-one was interested in their findings anymore. At the time there was no reason to continue the research, so the money and the effort was wasted. (Another thing is if they had continued, by now we’d be closer to a vaccine today.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheintercept.com\u002F2020\u002F03\u002F27\u002Fus-government-vaccines-big-pharma\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">article\u003C\u002Fa> for The Atlantic, Rachel M. Cohen put it right: “g\u003Cem>iven how little we currently know about Covid-19, if the outbreak peaks and panic wanes, investors and the government could lose interest in funding further stages of Covid-19 clinical trials, just as they did for SARS in 2016.\u003C\u002Fem>” So yes, some will earn money by making the vaccine, but it’s not a close bet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FScience-quote_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28865\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: planetofsuccess.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summing it all up\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s easy to get lost in the theories. People can come up with an infinite number of intriguing narratives. Now, when trust in governments and the media is at an all-time low, there are plenty of conspiracy theorists who’d want to rise and push their own agenda for the susceptible population. And the only thing science can’t do is to fight fire with fire. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When someone claims that the virus was bioengineered, scientists are obliged to say stuff like “\u003Cem>we didn’t find evidence\u003C\u002Fem>” or the “\u003Cem>weight of evidence indicates\u003C\u002Fem>”, even though it’s a near 100 percent certainty. But that’s how science works. It’s subtle. It’s cautious. It’s soft speaking. And that’s its handicap too. But don’t forget:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is usually the one that is true.” \u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ccite>William Ockham\u003C\u002Fcite>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>In this case, COVID 19 is exactly what it looks like. An unfortunate, but statistically inevitable event that experts have been warning us for decades and for which our actions are long overdue. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If there’s anything this pandemic should teach us, is that our faith should always be in science, because \u003Cstrong>that’s the only thing that doesn’t have an agenda\u003C\u002Fstrong>, and actually is able to lead us out of a crisis. 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(Spoiler: it would’ve been much, much better). When weighing the possible outcomes of COVID-19, we drew \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flife-after-covid-19-what-will-change\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">three scenarios\u003C\u002Fa> on how life will, can, and should change after the pandemic. \u003Cstrong>This time we put on our VR headsets, fast forward to 2030 and have a look at what we have gained and what we lost to the virus.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are certain points in our history we all remember. Whoever lived, knew exactly what he was doing the moment JFK got shot. When the twin towers collapsed. And when COVID-19 hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>It’s the end of the world as we know it\u003C\u002Fem>” – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=OA_CndlBu0g\" target=\"_blank\">sang R.E.M.\u003C\u002Fa> back in 1987, and although there was no pandemic in sight, the band got the message so right that 33 years later the song got back on charts: it was the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.itunescharts.net\u002Fus\u002Fartists\u002Fmusic\u002Frem\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">23rd most downloaded\u003C\u002Fa> song in the U.S. this March. The apocalyptic song might be with us for 33 years but the pandemic probably won’t. However, we surely know what we were during the first months of 2020, and how the world has changed from one day to the other. There will be books, novels, memoires, pop songs and films about this as 2020 will most certainly mark the beginning of a new era. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F9789634195832-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28115\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F9789634195832-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F9789634195832-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F9789634195832-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F9789634195832.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Image: courtesy of agavekonyvek.hu\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Handshakes are soooo 2019\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Remember the time people used to shake hands upon meeting each other? This was one of the first things we got rid of when the virus hit. Long gone the father-son moments of teaching a proper handshake – in 2030 we’d rather do the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVulcan_salute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vulcan salutation\u003C\u002Fa>. Much more modern, and it also requires a bit of finger training to do it right. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Washing hands, blast from the past\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Simply because we’ll all wear protective gloves – at all times. In fact, these are haptic gloves and we can control pretty much everything with it: our smarthomes, our cars, our computers and of course, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.counterpointresearch.com\u002Fready-player-one-lessons-future-virtual-reality\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">our games\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Social distancing as alienation effect\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The so-called “\u003Cem>Verfremdungseffekt\u003C\u002Fem>” is originally a theatrical technique based on the concept of German drama Bertold Brecht. This “distancing effect” was used to prevent viewers from forgetting they watch a play. This is one of the real unfortunate effects of the first pandemic – our lives in the human sense never got back to normal. We only hug the ones close to us (and we trust), our classrooms are much bigger since pupils need more space among each other away from teachers (will all high school yearbooks feature kids in masks?!), and kindergarten nannies teach keep-away rhymes to kids to remember not to hug each other (or require \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fan-immunity-passport-after-covid-19-and-how-digital-health-can-support-it\" target=\"_blank\">immunity ID\u003C\u002Fa> first). \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_fdf8cc02e89f26c6f6b36ecf98eef7d7_full-768x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28119\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_fdf8cc02e89f26c6f6b36ecf98eef7d7_full-768x768.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_fdf8cc02e89f26c6f6b36ecf98eef7d7_full-150x150.png 150w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_fdf8cc02e89f26c6f6b36ecf98eef7d7_full.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Image: courtesy of agavekonyvek.hu\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Holidays? We’d rather go domestic\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The extreme amount of global travel we experienced in the 2010s is also a thing of the past. With many airlines never recovered from the 2020 lockdown, traveling by air is much more seldom. Supertrain networks in the US and in Europe make sure one can get to places superfast. People also opt for taking cars to discover domestic destinations. Moreover, with the evolution of VR technology, VR equipment helps you easily set up a little Havana or Bali on your balcony, which costs a lot less and lets you stay safe at all times. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As 2020 brought the era of online meetings, the number of business travelers are down, and by 2030 most companies have a no-go policy, saying goodbye to unnecessary air mile-collecting. Cautious air travel is possible, but is challenging: it takes more time and there are extra security costs. Many people have simply decided it’s not worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Science above politics\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Luckily, humanity finally chose the right path – at least for now. In 2030 we all listen to scientists \u003Cem>before\u003C\u002Fem> politicians, and the media is only a platform provided to facilitate the clash of smart argumentation between society and scientists. Is this too far-fetched? This is what the Swedish are trying to do (and in 2030 we’ll already know if that was successful). In any case, humanity had to experience a global pandemic to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-unlikely-rise-of-science-and-digital-health-during-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">start listening to science\u003C\u002Fa> again. And hopefully won’t ever stop doing so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">…\u003Cstrong>and smart politics over old slogans\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The 2020 U.S. elections showed a distinct split from the past both in terms of social and healthcare issues. 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(but make decisions on our own)\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By the end of the decade, we mastered the science of digital technologies and eradicate bias out of all programming. This means we can trust A.I. when it comes to big data, when it issues warnings, helps in drug design. It even helps forecast the spread of the outbreaks that occur from time to time. Ultimately there has been a \u003Cem>global cooperation on pandemic control\u003C\u002Fem> and digital dominance does not overwhelm everyday life of people but helps us make informed decisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Patients as the point of care\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By 2030 telemed has become the normal way of primary care: what started with COVID-19, became full reality. It takes only a technological step (telemed or chatbot) to get to meet a medical professional. As patients become the point of care, doctors handle their patients’ data online through \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fpii\u002FS138650561930526X\" target=\"_blank\">blockchain\u003C\u002Fa> technology. They cooperatively make joint decisions, based on the apps and wearables of the patient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare data is the new oil\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Since the heat of coronavirus, we all know we have to give up some of our privacy aspects for better healthcare and virus spread prevention. \u003Cem>Sharing our data keeps our families and societies safe.\u003C\u002Fem> We also know that our sensitive data is securely locked as global guidelines were set for it in 2022. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Biotechnology on top\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Biotech is now the new energy industry. It helps create innovative medications and vaccines when needed and are valued more than ever – we said in 2020 that it would revolutionize healthcare, and by 2030 it certainly did. Biotechnology is featuring products that combine electronics and living cells, implants and body improvements are a new norm just as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fi-got-my-whole-genome-sequenced-heres-what-i-learned\" target=\"_blank\">gene sequencing\u003C\u002Fa> is the first gift babies receive all over the world including their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC2014592\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">pharmacogenomics,\u003C\u002Fa> so parents immediately know which medicine will help their child in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_1dcf7a538fc5ec62d49a04031af18191_full-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28123\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_1dcf7a538fc5ec62d49a04031af18191_full-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_1dcf7a538fc5ec62d49a04031af18191_full-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fres_1dcf7a538fc5ec62d49a04031af18191_full.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Image: courtesy of agavekonyvek.hu\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Okay, so all the above is imaginary. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>We can’t surely know what really will happen to humanity by 2030. There will probably be multiple waves of pandemics over the next decade. There will be major decisions that need to be made on digital security as well as environmental issues on local and global scales; and those will affect everything from the economy to housing, travel and our lifestyles directly. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It will also affect who we elect as our leaders, as in 2020 many governments try to take advantage of the pandemic situation, an issue we must bear in mind next time we stand at the polling station. And maybe all this will bring a spiritual uplift where compassion and cooperation are real and ordinary. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>One thing is certain, in 2030 we’ll all remember what we were doing during these first months of 2020. 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