[Poll] How long do you see the COVID-19 pandemic lasting to?

I think the pandemic will last until by 2022. I hope that it ends by the time the fall of next year though.

Late 2021 or early 2022 until we can really go back to normal in terms of things like social distancing and masks. It's going to take until the late 2020s/early 2030s for the economy to come back. Then there's the big wildcard of right-wing violence and Christian nationalism this decade.

There's a lot of dangerous territory as a society we are going to have to trudge through before "normal" comes back. The 2010s in the future will likely be looked back on as a simple time.

From the beginning, a friend of mine was saying late 2021-early 2022 before we can start socializing again and 10-15 years before the economy comes back.

I didn't want to believe him at the time but now I believe that's the timeline we are on.

I would say 2022 at the latest. Social distancing and mask wearing will probably still be implemented in some countries at that point. But hopefully, most people (at least in developed countries) are immune from the virus.

That's how I see it as well. Joe Biden will be in office, but otherwise, 2021 will just be an extension of 2020. 

The vaccine won't just magically make things go back to normal, in fact, its been only approved for emergency use as not even regular citizens get Pfizer or Modernas vaccine, but we'll see. Several months after people get their second dose, I see theatres and concerts reopening and social distancing becoming less prevalent (We had a glimpse of semi-normal in the summer in my region, but I'll get to this in a bit), though hand sanitizers, temperature checks, altered school schedules are gonna be the new norm for years to come, and I dont really care if we have a new normal or old normal.

In fact, I'll admit that things were back to half-normal around the Spring/Summer in my country, at least. Yes, theatres were still closed and businesses were shutting down, but we were able to see our friends again and occasionally be maskless (Only some areas mandated masks), and I was able to enjoy swimming in the lake without social distancing as cases were declining. However, restaurants and malls, while they were packed with tons of people, still mandated masks and some stores required social distancing. This goes to show that there is still hope for a new normal if cases ever decline, though we'll have to wait like I said, as the vaccine won't just magically change things back the way it is in 1 day.

So if I had to answer this question, my guess is that Early/Mid 2021 is when things go back to half-normal, and maybe Mid/Late 2021 is when things really go back to normal