Khun Paul wrote: ↑April 16, 2020, 10:31 am
My concern is that until we have a medical answer to the question of Immunity if you have had the Virus and the possible
outcome of a resurgence of infections or even if like the flu it returns each and every year , what the prognosis is for the world getting back to normal.
Personally I do not think it ever will, Health Checks on International travellers will be the norm. Banning from entering some countries because of your travel history just some of the problems that will have to be faced, plus of course ensuring passenger safety on ALL forms of Transportation including locally .Here the Coaches and Buses here are notoriously bad at passenger Hygiene and cleanliness. as are the local Food stalls.. This will require a major shift I feel in how this and other countries conduct themselves, obviously cannot go back to how it was .
The simple fact that this Virus has highlighted basic lack of personal Hygiene and cleanliness should be a wake up call to us all but the future looks good providing we do not let our guard down at all !
This, like any other flu variant, is now 'out there' in the wild and part of the history of people not even born yet. Any vaccine developed for Covid-19 will be added to the annual flu vaccine "cocktail" that the WHO, CDC and others approve for each consecutive flu season. It varies from year to year. I recall maybe 5 years ago there was a flu-shot shortage because the 'wrong' type had been predicted and they had to do a rush job to get the 'right' one bottled and shipped.
AFAIK, Covid-19 hasn't been spread by any "basic lack of personal Hygiene and cleanliness". That's a myth wrought of ignorance and personal prejudices.
This is certainly the case in Udon, Wuhan, Fort William, Sevastopol, Duluth, Innamincka, Timbuktu and Scunthorpe.