“It’s complicated. There are lots of things that can affect how well we control transmission. But, you know, we can be hopeful that over the summer, it will be harder for transmission to take place. And so restrictions can ease, by virtue of the weather being better, and all that,” Roberts said.
But there are lots of other factors that play a role as well and so it’s likely that until significant portions of the world’s population are vaccinated, we’re going to be struggling for a while longer with this virus.
She said she believes it is “likely that it probably will be seasonal”, but that it would “take another year” to determine.