>The challenges that they describe have felt familiar, and their accounts have given me hope. One step at a time, medical and scientific advances eventually sub

>The challenges that they describe have felt familiar, and their accounts have given me hope. One step at a time, medical and scientific advances eventually subdued that deadly virus. They could do the same for the coronavirus. “With H.I.V., it was never just one thing,” Gandhi told me. “It was a lot of little things that added up to a big thing.” The big difference between HIV and COVID-19 is how easily the virus is transmitted. If HIV was as transmissible as COVID-19, there is no way we would have gotten a handle on it. There are already psychological, educational, and economic harms that are occurring with the lockdowns and social distancing. It is not something that can be maintained indefinitely. We either get a vaccine, or else people, especially young people, are going to say "screw it, everyone is going to die anyway, I will take my chances with the virus."