health Will The Coronavirus Ever Go Away? Will We Ever Recover From It?

[EpicEnergy 23,183]

Will it ever go away? Will someone finally develop the cure for it? And most importantly, will things ever return back to normal?

I hope it goes away, I'm sick of not being able to go certain places because they are closed due to the coronavirus.

[Misty Shadow 7,846]

Of course we will. Never mind the Spanish flu, does anyone remember polio? 

[SharpWit 2,614]

Given the type of virus it is, it won't ever fully go away, or we'll see similar viruses pop up and wreak a little havoc for decades, similar to how we had the scare with the swine flu where things go bad for a bit but not for too long at least. A strong effort to prevent them from spreading and learning how to handle these instances goes a long way. So we've a long road ahead, but there should be fewer potholes.

Life as it is won't necessarily become the new normal, but we'll never fully go back to how things were. The disappearance of some businesses and activities is a correction for many preexisting poor practices. And served as the straw that broke the camels back when it already had a slipped disk.

Use common sense, and follow the guidelines, and we'll all get through this eventually.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,351]

Humanity has recovered from worse, but what makes this one tricky is it may never actually go away. Especially with so many people being so stupid. This thing is going to always have a hold on me with anxiety.

[Sazama Ichida 2,367]

If a miracle happened and everyone actually started listening and wearing facemasks and maintaining social distancing like they're supposed to maybe then it would. But yeah at this rate I don't think it ever will. Because people are being morons. Some still aren't wearing masks or maintaining social distancing at all. They think the virus is being blown out of proportion or that it's not as big a deal as everyone says it is. Some even thought the virus was a hoax.

Edited July 26, 2020 by Asbel Lhant

[AppleButt 8,675]

Who knows.  Usually viruses mutate into weaker forms, but on a rare occasion they don’t.  The 2nd wave of the Spanish Flu was worse than the first and it killed a lot of people. 
 

So we’ll see.  Let’s hope it doesn’t take the rare route and mutate into a stronger strain especially with the amount of entitled “grown ups” who can’t be bothered to care about the safety of others.  

[Bastian 13,319]

I mean, the virus may stay but there are always vaccines against them. Thus, its "erradication."

Unless you are an anti-vaccination of course. 

[Megas 27,569]

It sucks but if people actually took it seriously, listened to doctors and took the necessary precautions, especially here in the states, it could have been really subdued here. My dad ended up catching it a couple of weeks ago, and while he's recovered from it fairly well, it kicked his ass for a bit, we all took the necessary precautions and he was able to recover well enough for his doctors to clear him to go back to work, but the fact of the matter is that it's a serious disease that needs to be controlled and people don't care

[Jesse Terrence 2,968]

Hahaha!

Of course not!

You see, is that kind of decease we will just learn to live with. It won't be as lethal, that's for sure, but not gonna be gone ever. It will be that kind of sickness you get vaccinated for before the season for the rest of the year or something like that.

Also, when the vaccine is ready and fully working, the quarintine will be lifted, or at least measures won't be as severe.

[They call me Loyalty 1,948]

Considering this is proving to be an effective way to instigate division among the population. There is a strong probability of more to come.

[CheeryFox 23,821]

No, it will never go away. In fact, scientists think this will happen again in 5 years with another possible coronavirus pandemic. A full recovery will depend on a lot of things. If people were to treat this like the plague - tbh...I think things would be better off rn.

[Sazama Ichida 2,367]

I don't trust vaccines. They're what made me the way I am. And they were forced on me when I was an infant and didn't even have a say in it. I don't need to become more Autistic.

[Ittoni 538]

It Will but it's consequences will have years of impact to come. I predict it's going to take another year or at least half of next year because everyone fucked up as usual and now is out of control when it could have lasted just a few months without mayor consequences. Strap on for the ride. 

[HereComesTom 2,266]

19 minutes ago, Asbel Lhant said:

I don't trust vaccines. They're what made me the way I am. And they were forced on me when I was an infant and didn't even have a say in it. I don't need to become more Autistic.

Don't even joke about that.

The funny thing about coronavirus is that there's a lot of contradictory information, so it's not surprising that people will pick and choose whatever data they like---some say masks help, others don't.

I have conservative friends on facebook, and the narrative for them is that coronavirus is far less lethal than the flu, so we shouldn't have shut down the economy for something so minor.  What surprises me is that none of them are using the argument that we need herd immunity to get past the pandemic, so we should open in a way that deliberately exposes the least-risk individuals to the virus so that they can get immunity to it after getting better---for that matter, it surprises me that no one is saying anything like that except anti-vaccers.

[Will Guide 21,360]

38 minutes ago, Asbel Lhant said:

. I don't need to become more Autistic

I'm autistic and I was born that way. Vaccines were injected AFTER I was born. QED: Vaccines do NOT cause autism! 

Anyway, we humans are a resilient species. Sooner or later, we will recover. We've been through the black plague centuries ago and we live in the age of modern medicine.

[CheeryFox 23,821]

11 minutes ago, HereComesTom said:

Don't even joke about that.

The funny thing about coronavirus is that there's a lot of contradictory information, so it's not surprising that people will pick and choose whatever data they like---some say masks help, others don't.

I have conservative friends on facebook, and the narrative for them is that coronavirus is far less lethal than the flu, so we shouldn't have shut down the economy for something so minor.  What surprises me is that none of them are using the argument that we need herd immunity to get past the pandemic, so we should open in a way that deliberately exposes the least-risk individuals to the virus so that they can get immunity to it after getting better---for that matter, it surprises me that no one is saying anything like that except anti-vaccers.

If you think that's bad...I have friends that think the virus is fake. Sure...I wish it was fake news.

[Ittoni 538]

18 minutes ago, HereComesTom said:

Don't even joke about that.

The funny thing about coronavirus is that there's a lot of contradictory information, so it's not surprising that people will pick and choose whatever data they like---some say masks help, others don't.

I have conservative friends on facebook, and the narrative for them is that coronavirus is far less lethal than the flu, so we shouldn't have shut down the economy for something so minor.  What surprises me is that none of them are using the argument that we need herd immunity to get past the pandemic, so we should open in a way that deliberately exposes the least-risk individuals to the virus so that they can get immunity to it after getting better---for that matter, it surprises me that no one is saying anything like that except anti-vaccers.

I already have 3 family members dead, my brother has 2 coworkers dead, one more is right now in the hospital in serious conditions so he might not make it either and he's 34 and healthy, a guy in the parking lot of the Walmart nextdoor killed himself because he didn't wanted to spread it to his family. It's no fucking joke. I should know it. But until it happens to them they will not care. 

Edited July 26, 2020 by Ittoni

[Sazama Ichida 2,367]

36 minutes ago, HereComesTom said:

Don't even joke about that.

The funny thing about coronavirus is that there's a lot of contradictory information, so it's not surprising that people will pick and choose whatever data they like---some say masks help, others don't.

I have conservative friends on facebook, and the narrative for them is that coronavirus is far less lethal than the flu, so we shouldn't have shut down the economy for something so minor.  What surprises me is that none of them are using the argument that we need herd immunity to get past the pandemic, so we should open in a way that deliberately exposes the least-risk individuals to the virus so that they can get immunity to it after getting better---for that matter, it surprises me that no one is saying anything like that except anti-vaccers.

I'm not joking. I'd never joke about that.

And that's not entirely true. It depends on what strain of the virus you catch. Some are deadlier than others.

27 minutes ago, Will Guide said:

I'm autistic and I was born that way. Vaccines were injected AFTER I was born. QED: Vaccines do NOT cause autism! 

Anyway, we humans are a resilient species. Sooner or later, we will recover. We've been through the black plague centuries ago and we live in the age of modern medicine.

I was too. And yes they do. Doctors simply lie about it so they can keep making money off of people. I've heard about kids who didn't start acting autistic until after they got vaccinated. It's possible I was also born with my condition though. I have others besides Autism.

Edited July 26, 2020 by Asbel Lhant

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

Sadly, it won't and entertainment centers like Chuck E Cheese's are suffering huge. People want to return to normal but we can't. The best thing that could happen is a vaccine is developed and people become immune to the virus. 

[Splashee 28,563]

2 hours ago, EpicEnergy said:

Will it ever go away? Will someone finally develop the cure for it? And most importantly, will things ever return back to normal?

Yes, no, hopefully both yes and no.

It will go away. In our country, that had no lockdowns, people has almost forgotten about it. While we are expecting a second wave in fall, it has been fairly calm here at the moment.

Have we ever had a cure for a virus? The day someone invents the cure for the common cold is the day we can start hoping for a cure to corona.

Back to normal? So, we just got limited airplane traffic back here, and the planes are queuing up, flying loudly over every 10 minutes, and it is quite annoying to listen to. Also the sky looks really messed up with huge trails of smoke from the planes. The last couple of months have been quiet, with clear fresh skies. I hope we will learn to not pollute the skies, and limit our long distant travels.

But, the normal people here just want things to go back to normal, because they want to go to vacation abroad, the way they planned last year. And they don't care if they bring the virus back with them home.

[Tao 7,584]

I have friends who think this is all fake and its world wide order of ppl in power that caused all this to happen to seize control of the world and etc.  (One of them thinks the world is flat,  but they still very good/kind ppl).  Now on the more real fact, I do not think things will get back to our "normal" as we might wish for it. This germ has change many things not just on a economic scale,  but also on a culture scale as well.   Right sadly we have many ppl acting as if nothing has happened or well,  just choosing to keep blind to what is, others have had their worlds fully shift,  ppl once deemed just "the bag boy" as a food market is now given the title of a "essential workers" and  just how important they are to our way of life and etc.  Or that they should be happy to have a job and SHOULD be happy to serve. (Yes i heard this come up in a conversation I had some customers having) 

[Will Guide 21,360]

1 hour ago, Asbel Lhant said:

I was too. And yes they do. Doctors simply lie about it so they can keep making money off of people. I've heard about kids who didn't start acting autistic until after they got vaccinated. It's possible I was also born with my condition though. I have others besides Autism.

You need to provide actual sources and not just rumors you heard and actual proof against the doctors' "lies".  And besides this topic not about autism allegedly causing vaccinations. This is about the COVID-19 virus and if people are recovering.

I already stated my opinion on the matter

[SparklingSquirrels 21,332]

Many of the effects of the lockdowns are very distressing and disruptive; I think we need to learn to live with this virus with as few harmful restrictions in place as possible. Obviously precautions need to be taken but I don’t think the virus justifies people being separated from their families for potentially years (for binational families, due to border closures and embassy closures).

To answer the question, it should more or less go away once a vaccine is distributed, but I expect it won’t entirely disappear. No one knows.

Edited July 26, 2020 by SparklingSwirls

[Here No Longer 5,276]

It WILL go away, but it will take probably a good year or two to go away if the 1919 Spanish Flu pandemic is anything to go by. Probably millions more will die before then, though. Especially in the US where our handling of the crisis is a complete joke of a response. Because we clearly need to bail out the rich and screw over everyone else. Clearly a great idea. F***ing brilliant, corrupt $#!+heads...

 

F*** the Chinese and American governments both for allowing this to spread like wildfire while both blaming each other for it.

Edited July 26, 2020 by Dusknoir

[cuteycindyhoney 13,306]

36 minutes ago, Dusknoir said:

the Chinese and American governments both for allowing this to spread like wildfire while both blaming each other for it.

Secrecy in China, ineptitude in the United States. A truly deadly combination.