What do you think life will be like if there's no vaccine or cure...

[Lou0808]

Just that really?

Will our lives be lived forever having to social distance? Always having to wear masks.
Will that just be our new normal?

I know my post is a bit gloomy, and I am trying to hold onto hope that there will eventually be a vaccine.

But seriously, what if there never is?

I was so looking forward to taking my DD to a family festival next year.
Holidays, swimming.

I hope one day we can do this but it makes me sad to think of al the things she could miss out on. 😕

And not just to the economy

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PatienceVirtue

Aw, that's how I feel too. Weekly swabs aside, its such a privilege to be a part of. I'm looking forward to eventually finding out which vaccine I got!

I think that even if we don't find vaccine or an actual cure we will find effective drug treatments and more effective treatment protocols

The way the US has just behaved
despicable aren't they🧐☹️
I think we need some global legislation to the effect that any drugs which which can be used against covid have to be unlicensed so we can have cheap generic copies available for everyone who needs them!!

I think ultimately everyone will get much more on-board with the contact tracing, surely that could really move things along if it could be optimally set up and carried out?

Will everyone be given the vaccine though or just over 50s and the vunerable/those with pre-existing conditions like we tend to do with flu?

@TARSCOUT

I have no intention in getting vaccinated so I guess I will just have to take my chances. I have no issues with not hugging and kissing those out with my household, nor do I have issues wearing a mask. I am.auto immune and have had cancer I have made this decision lightly.

@TARSCOUT Why would you not get vaccinated? Just curious

@Titsywoo

Will everyone be given the vaccine though or just over 50s and the vunerable/those with pre-existing conditions like we tend to do with flu?

I would imagine it would be those in the shielding category as a priority, then older people and vulnerable people. OTOH I suppose they might want children to have it fairly early on to prevent transmission in schools and allow education to return to normal. In any case I expect healthy working age people will be bottom of the list, which is fine with me (as someone in that group)

I think everyone will get the vaccine at some point but I don’t think they need everyone to get it for it to confer herd immunity. Some shielding people may have immune issues and not be able to have it. I also read somewhere that vaccines don’t take so well in elderly people (is this maybe why so many die of flu despite being vaccinated?). I think it would be a good idea to prioritise the most at risk groups, then school children (as the whole idea of schools being closed seems to be linked to the idea that they spread it plus it’s a good way of vaccinating a lot of people) and then everyone else.

I’ll be having the vaccine if I can and so will my kids, I see it as our duty to do so not just to protect us but also society as a whole.

There's a committee on vaccinations and immunisations that will advise the government on who will be prioritised.
Re elderly people, the Oxford team are also developing an antibody treatment that may be more effective than a vaccine.

Eventually we will get a form of herd immunity.

Covid will line up alongside flu as a killer of the vulnerable

We will have a few years of this but people have VERY short memories.

We need to live cleaner and with less intensive farming long term or we will just have a repeat of this when next virus comes along. However unless we get long term change from the govt of the entire world this will never happen. That's the REALLY scary part.

But there is a cure. There are many cures. If we look away from mainstream media and see what others are signing, many doctors have successfully treated Corona. However Fauci just keeps repeating vaccine vaccine vaccine, something that doesn't even exist yet which is very short-sighted. The earth had many cures, and yes, modern medicine has looked away from them but it doesn't mean everyone has.

@babba2014 what are these cures of which you speak???

The most likely outcome is that there will be a vaccine but it will not be fully effective. Some of the vaccines in development will not stop people catching covid but will prevent the severe symptoms. Others will not work on older people becuase of diffrences in the immune response. It is likely therefore that covid will be still circulating to some degree but far fewer people will be dying from it and therefore in the long term life will return to normal (bar all the economic consequences).

Flu, pre vaccine, used to kill millions worldwide, 1957 and 1968 pandemics.

No one knows if there will be a vaccine, let alone when.

So if there isn't, then we will all have to be a bit more careful with our hygiene, social distancing, care homes will have to be a lot more skilled at avoiding cross infection too, as will the work place, so more WFH.
But i think the world will go back to relative normal.

I think if the UK invents a vaccine, it will be just like the USA and make sure it has first dibs and then will seek to make money out of it.

Yes babba what is the cure? Can you let the Government know?
I'll have a vaccine please. Those who don't want them just free up the vaccines for those of us who do.

There is no "cure". A cure makes the person no longer have the disease. There are some treatments which can manage the disease - the anti viral and steroids which have been publicised and others in the pipeline. However a vaccine is preferable as it prevents you getting it in the first place, rather than just mitigating the damage of people who already have it.

There are 140 vaccines at various stages of development and testing, odds are at least one of them will be viable.

But they still haven’t found vaccines for many viruses, SARS for example. We can’t pin our hopes on a vaccine as it might not ever happen.

They stopped trying to find a vaccine for SARS because it died out. It’s not that they never found one

@henio
So many reasons tbh, none of which would stand up against any argument against someone desperate for the vaccine wouldn't be able to argue against.

I have had crohns for.many years and been in and out of flares. Eventually I got to the stage only a relatively new treatment might be able to help. It was only 10 years trialled at that time and there was an increased risk of cancer. Given my age at that time they didn't think I would be high risk so I took it for 8 years and then I got cancer. Don't get me wrong put me in the same position now and I would still take it as it gave me so many years free of crohns. The cancer put me in to early menopause and left me with many other issues. Should I get cancer again I don't think I would take any treatment because I don't think I could cope.

When the swine flu vaccination was in place I was first in the queue. As autoimmune I was to receive two doses. My DP was also eligible because of me to get the vaccine. Both of us were really ill with it, so much so I didn't return for my 2nd shot.

And that's it. Nothing spectacularly scientific. Just an acceptance of being at peace with myself and accepting my life course. Everyone should be free to do with their body what they wish to. If I'm wrong I'll be one of the first to go though but I'll take the chance!

@babba what are these cures ?