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Dr. Fauci: May be at least a year before life in the US returns to pre Covid-19 normal
- Thread starter shinobi602
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Not if the antibodies only last for 3 months and you can get reinfected.
I don't think it'll ever be normal again. We will probably have "COVID seasons" where these social distancing things and mask wearing happens regularly to stop spread every year.
I'm talking about herd immunity. I'm basing this on the Spanish Flu. Started in February 1918 and ended with no vaccine in April 1920. It just went away. The public stopped paying attention to it due to WW1 also. Let's hope history doesn't repeat its self there.
I'll say it again. We will never go back to 'normal'. A new normal will have to be implemented lest we want to deal with this shit again in our lifetime.
Coronoavirus isn't influenza, so no.
We're finding that people who have mild to no symptoms don't even keep their immunity to COVID, and even those who had bad symptomns may not keep their immunity forever either.
I wonder how fast the vaccine will be available in Canada. Would think our medical system could get it to people faster since it's all government run and most people are concentrated in a few large cities.....
Yep sounds about right. That nfl kickoff 2021 tho will be sick
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Eh probably could have used a better word
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Eh probably could have used a better word
It looks like re-infections are really, really mild compared to a first-time infection, since there are some improved immune reactions, even if not complete immunity.
So at least the people who survived Covid will have some protection, and are unlikely to get seriously ill again, though they can infect others of course, which makes them pointless for any sort of "herd immunity".
Yeah I've been thinking spring/summer '22 for a couple months now.
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It will literally never be over. We fucked this up too badly, we just get to live like this forever now.
Also yeah we're probably going to confirm that immunity lasts some stupidly short amount of time, nobody gets the vaccine because Qanon is a major religious belief now, and the whole thing just repeats on an endless loop with no improvement. Oh, and people who catch it and recover have permanent heart/lung damage and will also die in droves. We are beyond fucked.
Also yeah we're probably going to confirm that immunity lasts some stupidly short amount of time, nobody gets the vaccine because Qanon is a major religious belief now, and the whole thing just repeats on an endless loop with no improvement. Oh, and people who catch it and recover have permanent heart/lung damage and will also die in droves. We are beyond fucked.
Expecting more than a year in America at least... the school district in my city is planning to reopen in person fully next semester (they were planning on doing that this semester before the state mandated that they go fully distanced) while we are currently sitting at around 60-70 new cases a day.
Of course, I live in a very conservative and anti-mask/anti-social distancing city in California, so maybe it won't be like that everywhere
Of course, I live in a very conservative and anti-mask/anti-social distancing city in California, so maybe it won't be like that everywhere
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Lol, it's going to be a little while but no, it won't be like this forever. You think a decade from now absolutely nothing will have changed? People will get vaccinated and vaccines will adapt and improve and scientists will continue to learn and have a better understanding of it.
Pretty much. Only difference is people wear masks inside.
hey man just take it a notch below. It's healthy to be alarmed but it's unhealthy to give up.
Cause this is the major vibes got off of this post. Here have some coffee.
Sounds about right. I expect Spring/Summer 2022.
This is actually a hilarious and healthy outlook. I wish you well with your goal!
We are able to over come TB, polio, and smallpox, we will figure this out.
If the new normal is wear a mask when out, testing often, and limiting large crowds, I think I will be okay personally. As long as I can see my friends and family in safe situations and I continue to be able to work, this shouldn't be so scary. Unfortunately, not everyone will do this or have this luxury
Another full year is about what I was thinking. Spikes over the winter, vaccines in the spring and throughout the summer, kids in school & sports & theaters back in fall '21.
But even so, it won't be the same. This'll change global culture for a long time.
But even so, it won't be the same. This'll change global culture for a long time.
The hysteria around here is out of control. Some of you need to get a grip. Things will eventually return to a normal-ish way of life. The question is when.
I find it difficult to impossible to really get a grasp on how long it will take for a real "normal" to be established again, because all the time a significant enough amount of the population spends not taking the virus seriously just extends how long everybody needs to continue taking steps to deal with it. At least speaking to the US here, a united and consistent message about mask-wearing, distancing, and actual effort put into testing and contact tracing early on would have had us in a pretty decent spot by this point in time. Instead, so many people now are totally dug-in on the "I'm not gonna live in fear!" anti-mask rhetoric that properly limiting the spread feels near-impossible and the notion of proper contact tracing is laughable. I don't know how much of the situation can be reversed if there's a change in leadership at the top, but the course we're on right now feels like we could lose a million people in the US alone before the virus feels like it's down to a manageable issue.
We'll probably have to get an annual covid shot from here on.
There's really no basis for considering that a "probable" outcome at this point.