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Personally, I think it will have permanent effects on airport operations. Some of the steps like social distancing, wearing masks, temperature checks, sanitize

Personally, I think it will have permanent effects on airport operations. Some of the steps like social distancing, wearing masks, temperature checks, sanitizers, etc will remain even after the vaccine is found.

caseysoftware 6y ago
And scary side thing to consider.. how many corona-virus vaccines have been developed and deployed to date? Even after SARS (another corona virus), there were a bunch of candidates and some preliminary successes but none actually made it to market because interest (aka funding) subsided. The same over and over again. As of Jan 1, there were zero. People predicting "we'll have one in a year!" is based on hope and other models, not corona-oriented vaccines. :(
- rootusrootus 6y ago
  There are over 100 vaccines in development, several have completed phase 1 trials, and one is actually in production already so it will be available when it completes phase 3. We didn't need vaccines for SARS or MERS because they were both gone pretty quickly and the number of affected individuals was never high enough to warrant completing the expensive testing required to get approval for a vaccine.
  - caseysoftware 6y ago
    Yes, exactly. I hope a) those vaccines yield useful results b) quickly enough before people lose interest and funding.
    - eyelidlessness 6y ago
      They don't lose interest like it's some unstoppable force of nature on a timer. They lose interest if the harm caused by the disease is either low or contained. As long as the world continues to experience significant death, impact on the health care system, and economic damage... there will be interest in a vaccine.
- khuey 6y ago
  Zero in humans. There are vaccines for specific coronaviruses (coronavirii?) in dogs and pigs.
GordonS 6y ago
I don't believe social distancing on airlines is going to happen for any length of time - the airline industry is a large one, and they will never stand for it.
rootusrootus 6y ago
I'd be surprised. Social distancing is inconvenient, masks are uncomfortable, etc. Things will go back to normal.

caseysoftware 6y ago

And scary side thing to consider.. how many corona-virus vaccines have been developed and deployed to date? Even after SARS (another corona virus), there were a bunch of candidates and some preliminary successes but none actually made it to market because interest (aka funding) subsided. The same over and over again. As of Jan 1, there were zero. People predicting "we'll have one in a year!" is based on hope and other models, not corona-oriented vaccines. :(

rootusrootus 6y ago
There are over 100 vaccines in development, several have completed phase 1 trials, and one is actually in production already so it will be available when it completes phase 3. We didn't need vaccines for SARS or MERS because they were both gone pretty quickly and the number of affected individuals was never high enough to warrant completing the expensive testing required to get approval for a vaccine.
- caseysoftware 6y ago
  Yes, exactly. I hope a) those vaccines yield useful results b) quickly enough before people lose interest and funding.
  - eyelidlessness 6y ago
    They don't lose interest like it's some unstoppable force of nature on a timer. They lose interest if the harm caused by the disease is either low or contained. As long as the world continues to experience significant death, impact on the health care system, and economic damage... there will be interest in a vaccine.
khuey 6y ago
Zero in humans. There are vaccines for specific coronaviruses (coronavirii?) in dogs and pigs.

GordonS 6y ago

I don't believe social distancing on airlines is going to happen for any length of time - the airline industry is a large one, and they will never stand for it.

rootusrootus 6y ago

I'd be surprised. Social distancing is inconvenient, masks are uncomfortable, etc. Things will go back to normal.