(Snippets from the frontline)
COVID-19: What would Ray Bradbury say?
Ray Bradbury was a renown science fiction writer who I share common memories: Los Angeles High School. He graduated 30 years before, and rumor had it he failed English.
Prior to passing away in 2012, we met in Santa Clarita, so I was able to ask the daunting question: “Did you fail English?” He smiled, “I got a C.”
Known for his futuristic extrapolation of present-day events, the coronavirus pandemic would have been a gold mine for his imagination.
There are many potential scenarios destiny holds for us, but I am hopeful there will be a “cure” in the near future. As a scientist with medical knowledge, I believe convalescent plasma will open the door to antibody isolation, that eventually will halt infections and bring the world back to normal.
Adding a vaccine to the arsenal will bury this virus, as well as others to come.
My scenario is just one of many that scientists and sci-fi writers are churning over right now.
If Ray Bradbury were still around, he would probably say: “Dorio, you get a C.”
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.
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