Coronavirus will never leave us

Experts have proposed that COVID-19, the specific strain of coronavirus spreading in 2020, is likely to become a permanent part of the landscape of illness.^[1] It is extremely unlikely, unless an effective vaccine is produced and made mandatory, that it will ever be eradicated. It is far more likely that, like influenza, COVID-19 is here to stay. Flu viruses and other respiratory viruses tend to survive in cold and dry temperatures. This is why flu season and many other infectious diseases commonly circulate around January to March. There are already major concerns being expressed that COVID-19 is likely to spread once again during the winter. Many colleges and schools are ending semesters early in order to prevent such a spread. Already places like Florida and Beijing are entering a second round of lockdown and fears are high that in the upcoming months, numbers will surge once again. All of these societal precautions and scientific reasoning prove that there is a good chance the virus will become endemic, and unless effective treatments are found, it will continue to spread through society.

[P1] It is unlikely that COVID-19 will ever be eradicated.