Life like what? What radical things in the medium term plan (no known outbreak scenario) are too difficult to live with semi-permanently?
Masks? SD? small gatherings...
And how do you propose getting rid of the virus? By letting it spread unchecked as we have? Or killing all the people it has the potential to in one fell swoop? Not really sure what your argument is here.
Back in March I suggested locking up the vulnerable for a month, 4 weeks no human contact, the hospitals could easily handle the ones we didn't know were vulnerable, and the known vulnerable who weren't protected properly. During that time the young and healthy should hug, kiss, and mingle to their hearts content, and really spread the thing, and from there ease back in. Why ease back in, and not straight heavy?
In case it wasn't spread well all over, and there are minor upticks still and the previously locked up vulnerable get ill.
I explained how proper testing is a long term solution, as that would keep the threat of the virus erupting out of control to a low enough level that life could basically go all the way back to normal even for the most vulnerable. The only difference would be a regular need for tests around vulnerable people. Just one more industry added to help the economy. Don’t worry, they would prefer the burden of keeping tests handy regularly to being “locked down”.
I am, I’ve stated it, and I’m sure there isn’t. You’re “sure there is more at risk here” but aren’t sure there’s more at risk with letting a disease run rampant? Seems slightly arbitrary.
you implied tests alone, without the other 2 solutions you mentioned. To which I asked, if the tests are all you have, everyone will have it eventually with no treatment, so what do tests help?
Furthermore, at this point it’s reasonable to expect a vaccine within the next few months. No reason to assume it’ll be much longer than a year. This whole argument is predicated on the less-than-likely possibility that there *isn’t* a vaccine on the short term horizon.
The fastest vaccine ever developed took 4 years, and that wasn't a novel virus, with Mumps there was already plenty to work with when they started, why is it reasonable to say this one will take 1/4 of that amount of time?
How did breaking records by 3 years become the more likely scenario?
Besides, those inside (Fauci, Gates) have changed their tones, they now say we will know by December "if an effective vaccine is possible" clearly they have a reason to believe a vaccine may not be effective.
Covid viruses were previously hard to create a vaccine for, hence why we have no common cold vaccines.