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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 2:52:18 GMT 10
I really feel for all of you in the US, it's complete madness that Trump is still wanting to "re-open" the country by as early as the 1st May. Thousands more people will lose their lives if it goes ahead and their deaths would have all been preventable. Scary times. Honestly, this implies he actually cares about Americans dying. This is all about propping up his fragile economy so he can get re-elected.
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Post by karlpalaka on Apr 27, 2020 16:39:24 GMT 10
Honestly, if we have to face another wave of the pandemic this winter, that vaccine should hopefully be developed in the coming winter. If the lockdown is lifted before the winter, that should maybe speed up the process of the development of the vaccine hopefully cause I mean I really want to be able to travel and fly somewhere without having to worry about this virus.
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Post by Telso on May 23, 2020 2:17:11 GMT 10
Even if a vaccine is developed (assuming it will most likely be found end this year, begin next year), it will still take some before it gets mass produced and widely distributed. With such a high demand, it's truly a logistical nightmare we will be facing as well.
Expect life going back to pre-COVID times not until mid-2021 unfortunately.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2020 3:26:15 GMT 10
People want to be optimistic but in reality, things won't go back to normal until people feel safe and that won't happen without a vaccine or a slam dunk treatment. Worst case scenario would be herd immunity.
My guess is the second half of 2021 or the first half or 2022. After that, the real fun begins as we endure the Greater Depression, which should last throughout the entire decade.
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Post by dount2005 on May 23, 2020 7:25:58 GMT 10
Not until a vaccine is mandated. Because the anti-vaxx Karens are ruining it for everyone else.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2020 8:43:54 GMT 10
Not until a vaccine is mandated. Because the anti-vaxx Karens are ruining it for everyone else. From what I've read, only about 60% of the population would need to be vaccinated for herd immunity to kick in.
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Post by Cassie on May 23, 2020 15:33:14 GMT 10
Not until a vaccine is mandated. Because the anti-vaxx Karens are ruining it for everyone else. Because every single middle-aged woman who is an anti-vaxxer has Karen as their first name. Seriously though just call them Megan or Bertha or something else for once, literally everyone who ever used that slang calls it Karen instead of a single other name.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2020 17:37:34 GMT 10
Not until a vaccine is mandated. Because the anti-vaxx Karens are ruining it for everyone else. From what I've read, only about 60% of the population would need to be vaccinated for herd immunity to kick in. It depends on how infectious the disease is, which itself depends on a lot of other factors such as climate or population density. It will also depend on how effective the vaccine is. If it only keeps you immune for a short while and only works 90% of the time for example, then you would need a higher vaccination rate to reach herd immunity. thoughtscapism.com/2015/04/20/the-simple-math-of-herd-immunity/
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Post by ItsMichael on May 24, 2020 7:12:23 GMT 10
To me I think it's 2021. I don't think the virus will initially go away next year, but I do believe that people could have their normal lives back sometime in that year.
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Post by fanofdorks on Jun 9, 2020 1:48:27 GMT 10
With so many idiots breaking the rules its hard to predict.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2020 17:58:03 GMT 10
I would venture to say we will never return to the "normal" that existed before the pandemic hit. A lot is going to change for good when we crawl out of our homes, and that may not be a bad thing. I think all this time at home has caused people on a societal level to seriously rethink how we have arranged that society, so I am eager to see if this will lead to a widespread reformation of how we relate to one another, how we gauge and seek success, and how we treat and consume our resources.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 9, 2020 18:16:15 GMT 10
I would venture to say we will never return to the "normal" that existed before the pandemic hit. A lot is going to change for good when we crawl out of our homes, and that may not be a bad thing. I think all this time at home has caused people on a societal level to seriously rethink how we have arranged that society, so I am eager to see if this will lead to a widespread reformation of how we relate to one another, how we gauge and seek success, and how we treat and consume our resources. I wouldn't get your hopes up. "Normal" has essentially returned to Australia; there's no mass gatherings above 50 people, but people can freely travel anywhere they want, shopping centres are open, people have returned to work and professional sport is back up again. I don't see people taking extra precautions to maintain their distance from others or to safeguard their health. It's rare to spot anyone wearing a mask. I work in a job where I have to deal with hundreds of people a day. Parents are standing in large groups talking to each other right outside the school gate and the school isn't even cleaning things such as door handles or tables. Traffic is just as congested as it was before the pandemic, it hasn't changed anything in that regard. I too thought at first that the pandemic would have long-lasting effects on society, both good and bad, but these past few weeks have proved me wrong. People are sheep and when one chain of action starts, others are likely to follow. The protests that are ongoing across the world right now are only going to encourage more people to return to their old habits. Seeing tens of thousands of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the media almost makes a mockery of COVID-19 and all the precautions that we were advised to take just months ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2020 3:52:57 GMT 10
I would venture to say we will never return to the "normal" that existed before the pandemic hit. A lot is going to change for good when we crawl out of our homes, and that may not be a bad thing. I think all this time at home has caused people on a societal level to seriously rethink how we have arranged that society, so I am eager to see if this will lead to a widespread reformation of how we relate to one another, how we gauge and seek success, and how we treat and consume our resources. I wouldn't get your hopes up. "Normal" has essentially returned to Australia; there's no mass gatherings above 50 people, but people can freely travel anywhere they want, shopping centres are open, people have returned to work and professional sport is back up again. I don't see people taking extra precautions to maintain their distance from others or to safeguard their health. It's rare to spot anyone wearing a mask. I work in a job where I have to deal with hundreds of people a day. Parents are standing in large groups talking to each other right outside the school gate and the school isn't even cleaning things such as door handles or tables. Traffic is just as congested as it was before the pandemic, it hasn't changed anything in that regard. I too thought at first that the pandemic would have long-lasting effects on society, both good and bad, but these past few weeks have proved me wrong. People are sheep and when one chain of action starts, others are likely to follow. The protests that are ongoing across the world right now are only going to encourage more people to return to their old habits. Seeing tens of thousands of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the media almost makes a mockery of COVID-19 and all the precautions that we were advised to take just months ago. No, this is just the end of the first wave. The Spanish Flu hung around for 2 years...we're just barely getting started. Once we really get done with this thing, I anticipate some sweeping societal changes. They won't all be adopted at once or in anything approaching formal change, but informal norms are highly likely to shift to adapt to our changed circumstances. Granted, Aussie may react differently to this than the U.S.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2020 12:51:31 GMT 10
Coronavirus is going to be with us and we are more or less going to have to social distance or have rolling lockdowns until 2022, provided a miracle treatment or vaccine doesn't come before that. The next few weeks are going to be perilous and I believe by the end of the month, we'll be back to full stay-at-home orders.
I was hoping for the best with reopening and that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as the hype, but unfortunately it looks like things are getting out of control, fast.
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Post by rainbow on Jun 10, 2020 12:57:38 GMT 10
Coronavirus is going to be with us and we are more or less going to have to social distance or have rolling lockdowns until 2022, provided a miracle treatment or vaccine doesn't come before that. The next few weeks are going to be perilous and I believe by the end of the month, we'll be back to full stay-at-home orders. I was hoping for the best with reopening and that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as the hype, but unfortunately it looks like things are getting out of control, fast. Only in states like Georgia that opened way too early. Here in the North we're actually flattening the curve and things look more optimistic.
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