It's never going to go away is? We will just adjust to living with it.

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Talking to dh tonight, both of us quite convinced that the virus has been around longer than is thought.

Made me think that, now we know how infectious it is and how much it affects those with certain respiratory illnesses, once a vaccine is found, it will be administered as course if you are ever diagnosed with a pre existing illness.

So rather than the scenario where the vaccine is administered to all and the aim is eradication, that it will routinely be administered moving forward to all (eg) asthmatics, cancer patients, those with COPD and the like. And as standard once you turn 65 irrespective of pre existing issues.

I think one day in the future it will be discussed along the lines of "have you had your vaccine yet, you're at that age now" etc.

Just us then

Possibly in the same way we've "adjusted" to other illnesses such as measles or 'flu. My worry is that this is so much more contagious.

Still very worried about what's going to happen when we're allowed out again and there's a new spike in infection rates.

As soon as a vaccine is developed I would expect it to be widely administered, but we've been told it's at least a year away.

The reason Coronavirus is so contagious is because no one has any level of immunity to it. Over time, that will change.

Yes, we will need to learn to live with it - as we live with other infectious diseases.

I think it will join the seasonal flu vaccine cocktail eventually.

I don't think there will be a single vaccine that will work long-term. It will need tweaking every so often depending on how often it mutates.

I read on another thread that this virus is quite a complex structure and so fairly stable. If it mutated, it may not be as effective. That gives me hope about a vaccine.

Pinning more of my hopes in effective treatments being made available sooner.

Possibly in the same way we've "adjusted" to other illnesses such as measles or 'flu. My worry is that this is so much more contagious.

This. But from what I've read the measles is far more contagious than Coronavirus. Someone with measles will on average pass to 10 people, someone with Coronavirus 2-3. If those stats are correct then that's hopeful once a vaccine is available.

I agree, but I think we will come up with treatments that work and there will be less frequent better controlled outbreaks.
After all plague still exists but can now be treated and doesn't sweep the world like it used to in the past.
You could also reasonably see it disappearing completely, like something like the 'The Sweat' a disease that ravaged great swathes of the country in the 16th century then just went. ( can you tell what I did my degree in -lol)

I think we've got a very rough 12 months ahead, some of us physically and all of us socially until the vaccine is produced and we can get access to it.

Goes off to google 'the Sweat'

SARS was (is) more contagious and no vaccine has ever been found. It's from the same family as Covid 19 and was brought under control by roughly the same measures as they're using now. If they can get the antibody tests up and running and are sure the condition can't be caught a second time it will make a huge difference.