Physical distancing measures may need to be in place intermittently until 2022, scientists have warned in an analysis that suggests there could be resurgences of Covid-19 for years to come.

The paper, published in the journal Science, concludes that a one-time lockdown will not be sufficient to bring the pandemic under control and that secondary peaks could be larger than the current one without continued restrictions.

One scenario predicted a resurgence could occur as far in the future as 2025 in the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment.

Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at Harvard and co-author of the study, said: “Infections spread when there are two things: infected people and susceptible people. Unless there is some enormously larger amount of herd immunity than we’re aware of … the majority of the population is still susceptible.

“Predicting the end of the pandemic in the summer [of 2020] is not consistent with what we know about the spread of infections.”


Culled from theguardian.co.uk

The overall numbers of cases in the next five years, and the level of distancing required, were found to depend crucially on the overall current levels of infection and whether all those who are infected gain immunity and, if so, for how long. The authors cautioned that these are big unknowns and that a precise prediction of the long-term dynamics is not possible.

If immunity is permanent, Covid-19 could disappear for five or more years after the first outbreak, the paper suggests. If people have immunity for about a year, as is seen for some other circulating coronaviruses, an annual outbreak cycle would be the most likely outcome.


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We already used to it.

We are getting used to it already. But nothing is too difficult for God to do.

Till 2022 ke? The archangel should kuku blow the trumpet

Obviously, life will not remain the same because of coronavirus. New policies will be enacted, new businesses will be created, new sets of millionaires will be made, and of course, many may die.

This is the time to put up our thinking and praying cap so as to have a personal eagle view of what's happening and to know how best to be positioned. COVID-19 will change the way the world lives.

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Obviously, life will not remain the same because of coronavirus. New policies will be enacted, new businesses will be created, new sets of millionaires will be made, and of course, many may die.

This is the time to put up our thinking and praying cap so as to have a personal eagle view of what's happening and to know how best to be positioned. COVID-19 will change the way the world lives.

The greatest beneficiary of this situation is the makers of Zoom and Tiktok