What If COVID-19 Never Disappears?

how would you feel if this never ended despite all the masks tests and vaccinations there is no guarantee that covet 19 will ever disappear but stick with me on this even if the virus doesn't go away it might not be as bad as it seems how could covet 19 never go away what would life be like if it didn't disappear and how could the virus weaken into another common cold this is what if and here's what would happen if covet 19 never disappears unfortunately there are a couple of ways that covet 19 could be here to stay vaccines may not be completely effective animals could infect us again or the virus could continue to mutate so how might vaccines not do the trick people don't always take well to restrictive measures like wearing masks and social distancing vaccines are only effective if people are willing to participate if most people are vaccinated the virus will have a hard time finding someone who's susceptible eventually the spread will slow and die out this is called herd immunity but say a large number of people refuse to get vaccinated or socially distance the virus would continue to spread in the future vaccines could help stop the spread in most areas but there may be communities that don't get or don't take the vaccines as a result localized outbreaks could occur another way cobit 19 could continue to spread is the way it originated through animals it isn't just bats and pangolins either tigers at the bronx zoo and minks at a dutch farm have had coveted 19. without animal friendly practices the virus could live on and re-infect us even if it was eradicated in humans and there's a third way covet 19 could stick around mutation hey there's a lot to dive into about covet 19 mutating could it make the virus deadlier will it render our original vaccines useless check out our other video on what if the coronavirus mutated covet 19 might not go away but that's not to say it won't be manageable there are already four other coronaviruses that regularly circulate among humans you've probably contracted one before because they give you the common cold these coronaviruses have been around for decades they cause mild illnesses in children and severe disease in the elderly but now they've been around long enough for people to slowly build up immunity one of the reasons covet 19 is so deadly is because it's new our bodies have never been exposed to this virus before eventually years into the future our immune systems could adapt to protect us and all you'd experience is a few sniffles [Music] and hey it's important to look past the doom and gloom of what life with covet has brought you know at home people have had more time to find new passions and spend time with their families companies are rethinking their structure including more options to work remotely i'm voicing this from bora bora with fewer people commuting to work the environment has improved global carbon emissions in 2020 were eight percent lower because of covet 19 restrictions there isn't one solution that will make covet 19 disappear but slowly social distancing measures might lighten up and people will be open to shaking hands and hugging in the future this could just be another virus that gives us the cold but what would happen if you caught covet 19 now how does it affect your body and would you be treated well that's a story for another what if

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Length: 5min 9sec (309 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 17 2021