On Feb. 7,
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a piece entitled, “As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay” that basically confirms what we have been saying all along: that getting vaccinated for the Chinese virus will not bring back the old normal.
In fact, getting vaccinated for the Chinese virus will do a whole lot of
nothing, as “authorities” say that masks, distancing, and other “new normal” protocols still need to be followed despite the jab.
WSJ writers Daniela Hernandez and Drew Hinshaw explain that even though people are now getting vaccinated by the millions, Chinese germs will continue to “circulate for years, or even decades, leaving society to coexist with COVID-19 much as it does with other endemic diseases like flu, measles, and HIV.”
A global effort is unraveling many mysteries around the Covid-19 virus. During the course of the pandemic society has adapted quickly, turning many aspects of every day life upside down. Virologists have warned that Covid-19 inoculation isn’t a silver bullet, as the virus will continue to mutate. Thomas Frieden, former director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says society must accept that this disease is here to stay. As people grieve a previous way of life, we must also adopt long term changes. Daniela Hernandez and Drew Hinshaw of The Wall Street Journal look to the future and how we will live with Covid-19 after the pandemic. – Melani Nathan