And yet there's always that worrisome little caveat: "... we don’t yet know if recovering from the disease confers any immunity at all, let alone lifelong immunity..."
I have a close friend and professional colleague who believes that things will never be "normal" again--that this is the beginning of an entirely changed world in which all we've ever taken as true will be voided. I'm not so glum as all that, but I'll offer it as a possibility.
Personally, I think there will continue to be a lot of death and suffering but that we'll muddle through eventually. It will leave durable scars and be inarguably traumatizing for some, as has been true for past pandemics, wars, and other large-scale disasters. I'm hopeful that predictions of 6 to 18 months are accurate, but I'm definitely hedging my bets.
Mark
|