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> COVID-19 will continue to hurt us economically until there is a vaccin That’s hardly going to be true. Only because we’re told that we might get a vaccine pe

> COVID-19 will continue to hurt us economically until there is a vaccin That’s hardly going to be true. Only because we’re told that we might get a vaccine people like the author make it sound like that this is the obvious thing to happen, but that is really no different than someone hoping to win the lottery. Realistically we need to consider that currently there is no vaccine and theoretically there might never be one. If the above statement is true then theoretically we will never recover from COVID until eternity which is obviously quite ridiculous to say. I think we should be planning for a way to live alongside COVID with the prospect of never having a vaccine and come up with a way of life that the population can get onboard with. Obviously we all hope that there will be a vaccine and we’ll get an easy way out, but it’s irresponsible to take hard damaging hits now with the outlook that this is a temporary hit only until the magic solution will follow shortly. We don’t know this. We should take actions which allow us to live in a worst case scenario, not the best case. Taking huge short term pains under the assumption of a magic way out doesn’t feel particularly smart. I think we need to consider more measured and balanced forms of dealing with this pandemic because we might be in this for a very long time.

Foober223 6y ago
Yes, we very well may be forced to live alongside the new corona. Just as we do the older coronas. Immunity will be gained in time with the cost of organ health and death along the way. No human decisions, action, or in-action are required for mankind to gain resistance eventually. But... a vaccine in the US exists and is effective at making an immune response in all testing so far. Maybe the vaccine won't stop all woes. Maybe the virus will mutate too fast. But the vaccine exists today. It's not a pie in the sky dream.
baxtr 6y ago
What about Sweden then?
- dustinmoris 6y ago
  What do you mean? Do they have a vaccine? I don’t think so, and Sweden did not lockdown because they know they have to find a way to possibly live with it for longer so if anything Sweden is a great example to support my statement.
jacquesm 6y ago
A few lines down from there: "Even today it is not guaranteed that a useful vaccine will be developed at all"
viraptor 6y ago
We can reasonably expect the vaccine though. It's not a disease with unknown behaviours - we pretty much know what to do about it in general, and need to apply it. The vaccine work was predicted months ago to take until early 2021 and there are multiple teams / approaches which still confirm that timeframe. Even if a few of them fail the late stage tests, we have alternatives. It's more of an ambitious project with multiple contenders then a lottery at this point. There's a chance they could all fail, but it's not huge.

Foober223 6y ago

Yes, we very well may be forced to live alongside the new corona. Just as we do the older coronas. Immunity will be gained in time with the cost of organ health and death along the way. No human decisions, action, or in-action are required for mankind to gain resistance eventually. But... a vaccine in the US exists and is effective at making an immune response in all testing so far. Maybe the vaccine won't stop all woes. Maybe the virus will mutate too fast. But the vaccine exists today. It's not a pie in the sky dream.

baxtr 6y ago

What about Sweden then?

dustinmoris 6y ago
What do you mean? Do they have a vaccine? I don’t think so, and Sweden did not lockdown because they know they have to find a way to possibly live with it for longer so if anything Sweden is a great example to support my statement.

jacquesm 6y ago

A few lines down from there: "Even today it is not guaranteed that a useful vaccine will be developed at all"

viraptor 6y ago

We can reasonably expect the vaccine though. It's not a disease with unknown behaviours - we pretty much know what to do about it in general, and need to apply it. The vaccine work was predicted months ago to take until early 2021 and there are multiple teams / approaches which still confirm that timeframe. Even if a few of them fail the late stage tests, we have alternatives. It's more of an ambitious project with multiple contenders then a lottery at this point. There's a chance they could all fail, but it's not huge.