It is more evident Covid-19 is here to stay. It transmits easily, readily develops new strains and is as tough as flu, HIV and measles. Experts recommend we must realize that our lives will not be the same from now on, even with effective vaccines fully available and distributed worldwide. Quite literally, a new Covid-19 industry is developing to address the goods and services people and business will need to keep functioning.
Source: Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2021. Link to PDF. . . . “it was evident to most virologists that the virus would become endemic,” said John Mascola, direct of the National Institutes of Health’s Vaccine Research Center. “When a virus is so easily transmitted among humans and the population [lacks immunity], it will spread any place is has the opportunity to spread. It’s like a leak in dam.”
INSIGHTS: Mask-wearing may not become permanent, but we can ensure cleanliness routines and proven disease prevention practices remain standard operating procedures from now on.