Our Global pharmaceutical COVID protection racket may slow collapse of western civilisation GDP just a temporary little bit for the rich who have shares. Also allowing transmission cuts future welfare support costings for governments afraid of demographic transition, as covid fatalities are worse for old people like me. Limits to growth 1972 predicts population decline as last collapse phase, no surprise.

It’s never fair. Economic casualties and systems resilience loss far exceeds the morbidity and mortality costs, and with it go capacity to afford good nutrition and health.

Population decline from economic collapse , with water and food systems loss of carry capacity, is still in the near future for some. Poorer regions like in Venezuela, and all other over- exploited or conflict zones, including some of the USA ( 1 in 8 for 2017), experience chronic shortage & malnutrition ), with likely reduced immune function.

A global systems weakening, less able to face oncoming multiple challenges.