Coronavirus may never go away but could change into mild annoyance apnews.com

Health experts believe it is likely that some version of the coronavirus will linger for years. But it is not clear what it will look like in future.

Will the covid-19, which has already killed more than 2 million people around the world, eventually be eliminated by a global vaccination campaign, like smallpox? Will dangerous new variants evade vaccines? Or will the virus stick around for a long time, transforming into a mild annoyance, like the common cold?

Eventually, the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 will become yet “another animal in the zoo,” joining the many other infectious diseases that humanity has learned to live with, predicted Dr. T. Jacob John, who studies viruses and was at the helm of India’s efforts to tackle polio and HIV/AIDS.

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