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In reply to the discussion: Without a vaccine, can we ever get back to "normal"? [View all]uponit7771
(90,304 posts)1. Yes, please look at South Korea (link) they're nearly back to normal
https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/03/29/south-korea-keeps-covid-19-at-bay-without-a-total-lockdown
That life in South Korea has not ground to a complete halt is mostly owing to an early and aggressive response to the covid-19 pandemic. The countrys disease-control authority approved the first test kit for the virus in early February, less than a week after the application was filed. By the time the number of cases began to rise a couple of weeks later, it had the capacity to test thousands of people a day and get results within a few hours from a network of labs across the country.
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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