My understanding is that the objective is to suppress the spread enough so that the healthcare system doesn’t get overwhelmed while at the same time not have ha

My understanding is that the objective is to suppress the spread enough so that the healthcare system doesn’t get overwhelmed while at the same time not have harder restrictions than that people can live with them for a long time, many months and most likely a couple of years. The virus ain’t going anywhere, at least until we have a vaccine. Considering it’s a relative to some viruses that causes common colds, it’s not a given there will be any vaccines.