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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
which we may never get. theres already evidence its mutated.
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9/11 isn't a great comparison. Humanity has faced pandemic disease since the beginning. It has never stopped our species from engaging in social behavior permanently.
Vaccine is only one of three possible endpoints... the other two are herd immunity through natural (if slowed) progression of the virus through the population, ala US in 1918, or effective control of the pandemic through test & trace, ala South Korea 2020.
Without a vaccine eventually herd immunity is inevitable anyway, at which point the disease will fade away... so no, none of the social distancing measures need to be permanent. One way or another the Covid-19 virus will eventually cease to be a major problem.
But I am optimistic about a vaccine or at least an antiviral treatment, since the world is facing this issue together and throwing the full resources of our planet into research. Even if the US is shitting the bed there's still many other countries who are undertaking Apollo-level programs to beat this thing.