CoronaVirus: What are our Options?

(An excerpt from "The Four POssible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal)

The Coronavirus outbreak might last longer than we imagine, it is only human for us to imagine it not to. Hypothetically, it has brought humanity to its knees, a near standstill, closing businesses, canceling large gatherings and keeping people at home begs the question will things ever be normal again?

The answer is simple when about 60-70% of people are resistant to the virus thereby stifling the spread from person to person. That is the solution but how we'll get there? No one knows exactly. There are two realistic paths to achieving this population-level immunity. One is the development of a vaccine and the other sad option is for the disease to work its way through the population surely killing many but also leaving many others hoping we get to a Teflon point (Meaning they can't get infected again and won't pass the disease)

Unfortunately, both paths could take at least a year and even more but degrees of normalcy will likely be won back. As such a lot of countries are currently left in self-isolation and practice of social distancing a harsh tactic that can slow the spread of the virus but comes at the heavy price of freezing daily lives No matter what, staying safe means staying home for a while Moving back toward normalcy at this early stage could be disastrous. Prematurely ending severe social distancing would be an incredible blunder that would have major human consequences

The truth is, we don’t know yet, exactly, but it’s longer than a fortnight. It could be eight to 12 weeks or more. We can only hope for the best at this point.