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Originally Posted by Freeway
Herd immunity will help, for awhile, but a vaccine will be the biggest challenge.
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It will probably take just as long to develop herd immunity, if flattening the curve is the goal. Immunity to COVID is unknown at this point, could be permanent, could only be partial, could only last a year, etc. A vaccine is a huge challenge, and a year is the absolute best case scenario... it could potentially take years to develop (based on what I've heard, this virus is easier to develop a vaccine for than say HIV, but who knows for certain). If a vaccine is not available in the near term, I'm not really sure what the answer is then... let it run its course, I guess?