This is a citation of an outside article. Gravyday is not responsible for its content. Original URL below. COVID-19 will likely be with us forever. Here's how we'll live with it. Eventually, the virus could become a much milder illness—but for now, vaccination and surveillance are critical to end the pandemic phase. AS COVID-19 CONTINUES to run its course, the likeliest long-term outcome is that the virus SARS-CoV-2 becomes endemic in large swaths of the world, constantly circulating among the human population but causing fewer cases of severe disease. Eventually—years or even decades in the future—COVID-19 could transition into a mild childhood illness, like the four endemic human coronaviruses that contribute to the common cold.(more)
