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Showing Original Post only (View all)Without a vaccine, can we ever get back to "normal"? [View all]
Close social contact, no masks, etc?
We can flatten the curve, but I suspect the virus will continue to circulate. I see quicker reaction to viral outbreaks in the future, but I really can't see a way back to "normal" human interactions until a vaccine can be developed.
Speaking of which, will Covid-19 finally be the reality call for anti-vaxxers? Haven't heard them warning about the coming vaccine,,,
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What's the data say as to the state of COVID-19 infection rates, new cases, reoccuring cases?
OAITW r.2.0
Mar 2020
#6
True, right now they're closed to all travelers from the outside but they're not locked down like we
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#22
Eventually herd immunity will kick in. We bore horrific death tolls from epidemics in the past, but
GreenPartyVoter
Mar 2020
#2
Realize that a lot more people have already had it and recovered than we know.
bearsfootball516
Mar 2020
#52
Yeah it's the sheer stupidity of some people that is going to drag this out months.
Initech
Mar 2020
#35
When it is first offered to the public, we will not know how effective it is,
MineralMan
Mar 2020
#26
Yes, in a few months there will be quite a bit of herd immunity and then we will have lots of tests
Quixote1818
Mar 2020
#17
There will be a vaccine eventually. COVID-19 is in no way an extraordinary virus.
DetlefK
Mar 2020
#27
If it takes until the end of this year millions will have already died. n/t
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#41
Well...coronaviruses as a class are usually mild respiratory illnesses...also known as "a cold".
Moostache
Mar 2020
#32
Well excuse me for being pessimistic. Poeple are dropping like flies in New York and I am
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#44