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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
Historically, pandemics have typically ended after the virus killed off the hosts and allowed the infection to die before it could continue spreading. There have always been piles of bodies before it was safe to go out again.
The virus will mutate more and more with each passing day, so it may mutate into this deadlier strain that wipes people out before they can spread it. Or it can mutate into something relatively mild and just become a seasonal thing like the flu. Most likely, both will happen.
Right now, we're only treating the symptoms of hospitalization and death through vaccines. We're not actually stopping the spread like we would have if everything got locked down. I think the virus is too widespread now to end it. We'd have to lock the entire planet down, and that's not really feasible.
At this point, the best we can do is develop quick, at-home testing and incentives to avoid public spaces so that people could voluntarily avoid spreading the disease themselves.
The virus will mutate more and more with each passing day, so it may mutate into this deadlier strain that wipes people out before they can spread it. Or it can mutate into something relatively mild and just become a seasonal thing like the flu. Most likely, both will happen.
Right now, we're only treating the symptoms of hospitalization and death through vaccines. We're not actually stopping the spread like we would have if everything got locked down. I think the virus is too widespread now to end it. We'd have to lock the entire planet down, and that's not really feasible.
At this point, the best we can do is develop quick, at-home testing and incentives to avoid public spaces so that people could voluntarily avoid spreading the disease themselves.
masterofyou · 70-79, M
@TinyViolins What are you even talking about? Are you writing a book? Do you even know anything??