What I fear most is Ebola evolving to have a longer incubation period or to be slightly less deadly. The only thing that saves us from Ebola at the moment is that almost everyone who gets it gets sick, and pretty quickly. That’s what makes outbreaks able to be contained if we jump on it.
I knew as soon as reports came from China that half the cases of Covid were mild or asymptomatic that it would spread despite their heroic efforts.
Influenza is still the infectious disease most feared for a pandemic, but if not for modern medicine and vaccines, this Covid pandemic would be as bad as the Spanish flu.
Btw the only well known novel about the Spanish flu is a short novel by Katherine Anne Porter called Pale Horse, Pale Rider. It’s the story of a young woman who gets the Spanish Flu. She becomes delirious, then revover
