“Dr Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, has said that herd immunity is an ‘elusive concept’ and there is no definitive percentage of the population that needs to be vaccinated to achieve it.
“He told BBC Radio 4 Today that a return to normality would be gradual, and is ‘not going to be like a light switch going on and off.’”
This, then, is the reality of our future.
- There is no immediate end in sight
- The idea of herd immunity protecting us all at some point (if Fauci is right) will not happen
- The virus will continue to mutate, with new variants continuing to appear due to the pandemic continuing here in the U.S. and around the world
- We don’t know how long the current vaccines will provide protection to those who are vaccinated
- Likely, a vaccine booster will be needed in the future to address the more radical nature of the new variants
- At some point, hopefully, the World Health Organization (WHO) will declare the pandemic over, but it is not happening anytime soon
- We are in a “long haul” COVID-19 reality
