Originally Posted by
jp1
I read an interesting piece in the N.Y. Times yesterday that talked about the fact that the pandemic may ‘socially’ end before it medically ends. The basic thought being that society could largely collectively tire of waiting for a vaccine/treatment and decide that the current plan of shutting stuff down is not sustainable and will simply go back to ‘normal’ life and accept the deaths that come from it. It does appear that this is happening in various places. And if one doesn’t know anyone who has been infected, much less someone who has died, it’s easy to see why this would happen.