If No COVID19 Herd Immunity, What's the Future Per Science/Epidemiology?

Post date: 2021-05-07 10:23:59
Views: 322
For a long while, we were told that achieving herd immunity would be when the future returned to normality. Now, we are being told that we likely won't achieve herd immunity; many have vaccinated, but we won't get there. Speaking from science and epidemiology (not people's opinions), what's next? (See inside.)

With no herd immunity, do scientists/epidemiologists have a handle on what the future of COVID19 will be, or even what general direction it leans?

Will it be cruel, with mutations bypassing vaccines, killing many more and requiring new lockdowns? Will it be kind, with small geographically contained outbreaks, mild reactions and rapid vaccine responses? Some mix of the two?

(My workplace has recalled people into the office, and as I walk around my major hometown city, I am wondering what the future holds for the world I'm now once more walking around in.)
Number of Comments
Please click Here to read the full story.
 
Other Top and Latest Questions:
Airfare is 23% higher than last year. Is now a good time to use points for flights?
Brazil is having its Argentina moment. How to play it
Cramer says higher rates are splitting the market in two — and AI stocks have a big advantage
Levi Strauss hikes profit guidance after tariff refunds, but its sales outlook is less optimistic
Trump awarding medals to Musk, Dell, Nadella and other tech execs at science summit
Movie: The Monster Club
Movie: Resident Evil: Afterlife
Snowpiercer: A Moth to a Flame Rewatch
Snowpiercer: Dominant Traits Rewatch
Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 retreats from record: Live updates