Two years ago, there was no treatment for the Sickness; in that context I predicted that the pandemic would go away once an effective treatment was available. Yet here we are, two years later, with many treatments on offer and the world still frightened; going to Yellow Alert because of Omicron and speaking already of renewed lockdowns.

Here are a few treatments:

• apixaban
• budesonide
• prednisone
• pantoprazole
• monoclonal antibodies
• loprinavir-ritronavir

Notice that none of these were recommended by Donald Trump. Such a recommendation would remove the recommended medication from the list even if it were 100% effective and worked instantly with no side effects because that is the state in which we find ourselves.