(April 18, 2020 at 3:09 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:(April 18, 2020 at 3:05 pm)Athene Wrote: Vaccine's a year away, at least.Well they sure as hell don't want you returning while the virus is still on the lamb
Surely you aren't thinking that people are supposed to stay out of work for that long do you?
The effects of long-term isolation and people being unable to work and feed their families will lead to tremendous devastation as well.
IMO, maintaining stay-at-home/shelter-in-place orders for 12-18 months--or potentially even much, much longer--would be unreasonable considering that most people infected with COVID-19 will have mild symptoms and not become critically ill as a result of the virus. Additionally, everyone is not going to be lining up to take a new, barely-tested vaccine--mandate or not, regardless of what Bill Gates says.
At some point, much of the onus of prevention may have to fall on those who are at highest risk and/or those who provide care for them.