Interesting times! I've begun a story set during the pandemic... Problem. We don't know yet what the future holds, do we? If things go the same way as previous pandemics, the infection will burn out and eventually become merely an inconvenience. But it seems that the more we learn about the disease, the worse it seems. Besides, the way it's managed, while fewer people are dying (at the moment) there's not much chance of immunity building in the community.
We don't know for sure what the origins are. Is it man made? Or is it something which has made the jump from the animal population? If the latter, why has it not happened before? All I'm saying is that it's going to be dangerous to predict in fiction a positive outcome. I hope I'm wrong. I really do.
A hundred years ago, 'Spanish Flu' killed 50million worldwide, about 10% of those infected, but our medical technology is much more sophisticated nowadays. Is that a good thing?
No-one wants to devalue any life, but we - Homo sapiens - have defied a fundamental rule of all life; strengthening the race by 'survival of the fittest'.
We defy the rule by insisting 'all life is sacred' (at least, all human life).
Arthur Hugh Clough paraphrased the Ten Commandments; the relevant one here being, "Thou shalt not kill: but need'st not strive officiously to keep alive."
I'm torn. Logic, versus emotion. 0ver twenty years as a nurse, though no longer in practice. For the first time since retiring, I wish I were back on the wards... but I'd be a hindrance rather than a help.
Take care. Keep safe. Help friends, family, those in need. Bother Darwin.
Ted