Let’s make an antiserum for corona virus

Antiserum is not a new idea and it works.

If the corona virus pandemic has you in a funk, it’s time to think outside of the box for possible solutions. We’ve had the bejesus (a technical term) scared out of us by talk of death and overwhelming the healthcare system so it would be natural for a sane human to be a little bit freaked out. But this is exactly the time when the best minds look outside of the box and begin imagining solutions. Often, but not always, the creative mind finds new uses for already existing tools and technologies and this is one of those times.

· In this short essay I will present an alternative treatment to corona virus disease, covid-19, using antiserum and how developing an anti-serum is quick, safe and effective.

· I’ll also show that anti-serum is no substitute for a vaccine, which experts say will take 18 months.

· But I will also position anti-serum as the just-right solution for today and for getting us through a tight spot in human history.

First a little background that involves exactly no math and might even be fun to have in mind if you ever get back to the cocktail circuit (don’t worry, you will).

Emil Behring (1854–1917) developed the first antiserum, in this case for diphtheria which causes whooping cough and was the number one cause of death in children under 15 years in the…