Or, the *unthinkable*, the experimental genetic treatments might actually do what they were intended to do in the first place. Not to prevent sickness or spread, but to reduce the severity of the illness (and thus, indirectly, the death rates).

Now, before y'all lynch me. One would expect these sort of binaries would not make it into our fine fellowship's chats.

In the Faust stories, Mephistopheles does not fail to deliver the promised goods, does he? But the not-so-good doctor fails to realize that the price shall not be dodged, and that it shall be extremely expensive. I'd recommend to check excess mortality rates, if you have access to them.

Also, contrary to the hyperbole prevalent here, people who received said treatment are not *falling* *like* flies*. There are a number of cases, more than what everyone has come to expect from modern medical treatment, but still a small minority. But we do not know how far into the future will the price will remain accruing interests (unlike the viral disease which, as usual, is self limiting in each host).