Will there come a point where we just have to accept it?

[Buccanarab]

Just been thinking about the future/aftermath of this pandemic. I've read/heard that covid-19 won't peak till May/June and that a vaccination could be several months to years in the making.
Obviously we can't lockdown forever, even a few weeks seems to be enough to devastate the economy and put millions out of work.
So is there a point where we just have to accept covid-19, and the risks it poses, are part if life and return to normal? Or do you think we'll get a grip on it relatively soon and start to recover before then?

You're essentially saying Boris and the government are right. The timing of measures (so they are in place in time but not so early they piss people off and become ineffective through non-compliance over the weeks/months they are required)

The lives of the people who catch it are just as valuable whether they catch it promptly or the progress is slowed and the risk remains right up until there is a jab, probably in a year or so

@RoseAndRose I don't think that's what I'm saying, at least it's not what I meant to say anyway.

I was more wondering whether people will get to a point where they think the risk covid-19 poses is no longer worth the effort to contain it. For instance if we get to June and you're facing losing your job and house would you willingly accept it to potentially save a person unknown? Do you think the majority of our society would?

It's not unprecedented, we place random value on lives all the time, whether denying someone life saving drugs/treatment due to cost or turning a blind eye to 3rd world workers because we like cheap products.

Buccanarab we were saying the same thing at work today. We cannot carry on like this for 18 months or more so sadly we May have to accept that Coronavirus is here, is a risk but we have to carry on.

Regardless of work (like many others I wouldn't have a job) I wouldn't be prepared not to see my family for that long. I know my elderly uncle feels the same, he has asked DH to visit already.