Most likely outcome seems like the COVID vaccines. The damage is already severe. And while it can (drastically) reduce damage in the future, it will be there.

Most likely outcome seems like the COVID vaccines. The damage is already severe. And while it can (drastically) reduce damage in the future, it will be there. Someone had a theory that covid won't be the apocalyptic plague. Instead we'll be hit with another deadlier one that ends up poorly controlled with all the covid fatigue. Something like MERS or Ebola, that the old world managed to control. I expect this to be the case of climate change. Gov has burned their political capital trying to control covid that there's none left to handle climate change.