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Originally Posted by JManc
The problem is that this new round of lockdowns and mask mandates will be open ended because we won't have vaccines to look forward to because we're already vaccinated. Sure, there's boosters which might work for another six months until another variant renders them ineffective and then we'll be right back where we started from.
I get the precautions over Delta but I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Not necessarily. The wave of infections from the delta variant lasted about 50-60 days in both Britain and India, the two countries that it has washed over. I'm expecting the US to see the same: A storm of infections and illness lasting about 2 months and infecting a high proportion of the unvaccinated, then a decline after which we can probably lift any new public health measures. We are about 1 month behind the UK which is now seeing a rapid decline in new infections. I expect that to be happening in the US by the end of August.