Covid-19 will not just disappear
[[Coronavirus]].
Because
- Only one human infectious disease has been eradicated from the planet – smallpox – and that took nearly 200 years
- Polio is near to extinction, but it has taken a 70-year campaign
- Covid-19 may be even more troublesome
- Unlike those viruses, Covid-19 has been able to easily adapt to find its way around human immunity (whether from infection or vaccination) so that it can survive.
- Omicron, or its progeny, will probably be with us for decades to come.
Related
- Vaccine protection is not universal
Epistemic status
Type
: [[claim]]
Agreement level
: [[Most likely]]
Source (for me)
: In future, living with Covid could mean boosters only for our most vulnerable…