Buddy. Let me tell you a true story. As is well known, many Venezuelans left the country in search of better jobs and better living conditions. This is the case of a friend who went to Spain. She works in a grocery store (even though she is a professional with a university degree, etc, that is another story). Then, because of the problem of the epidemic, she had to work many more hours to meet the demand of people obsessed with the end of the world. Well, she got sick. It was obvious, the stress plus the contact with hundreds of people every day, the perfect probability of getting it. Obviously she had the disease, she presented all the symptoms, even the one of losing her sense of smell, etc.

It was a hard illness and it is even harder when you know that you have a high probability of dying and that there are no medicines to solve it, especially if you are a suggestible person. Thank God (you know I do believe in God) she got better and no longer has any symptoms. But it wasn't until she had no symptoms that she was allowed to take the test. She took the test on Thursday and the result was given on Monday afternoon. What kind of test is that? And what kind of test result can you get five days later? That you had coronavirus (and died)? That you didn't have coronavirus at the time but you're not sure you could have gotten it any other day before you got the result?

By the way, the test was negative. Really!!!???

She's much better, she's on bed rest for another 15 days by medical order. So she doesn't have to go back to work yet. I guess she must be getting some compensation. I'll ask her about it in due course.

I ask you: are the tests reliable?

The vaccines. That's a different matter, flour from another bag, as we say here. That will be the holy grail for those who patent it.

Another question: are vaccines meant to remove disease or to prevent it? I'm not clear about that. If you already have the disease or are a carrier of the disease, the vaccine takes the disease away or it is only for people who do not have the disease.