The Next Two Years of the Virus

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

More than six months into a shape-shifting pandemic that’s killed more than 454,000 people worldwide, it’s clear we are losing the battle against the outbreak. Most experts believe an effective vaccine won’t be ready until well into 2021. So how do we adjust our thinking from beating the virus, to coexisting with it? Michelle Fay Cortez discusses the next phase of the virus, and what public health professionals say we have to do to survive it.

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0:00.0	The forces shaping markets and the economy are often hiding behind a blur of numbers.
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0:11.5	Every day in just 15 minutes, we dive into one global business story that matters.
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0:32.1	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson.
0:42.3	It's day 104 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
0:53.3	Our main story? It's now clear that the virus isn't going away anytime soon, and we shouldn't hang our hopes on a quick vaccine. Today, we look at what it means to learn to live with a pandemic.
1:00.0	But first, here's what happened in virus news today.
1:04.8	Today. We're starting to get an answer to the question of whether warm weather could curb the virus.
1:22.2	And it's not the one we'd like.
1:25.0	Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, told Bloomberg,
1:29.3	the virus isn't taking summer off. That's clear from its persistent spread in U.S. Sunbelt
1:35.9	states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona. Dr. Fauci said, it doesn't look like there's any significant
1:43.8	impact right now from the weather.
1:47.4	Looking past the summer, a new study will make good fodder for the debate about whether to send kids back to school in the fall.
1:56.4	It looks like school kids don't spread the virus to classmates and teachers, at least according to a study at the French Institute, Pasteur.
2:07.2	The study found that children appear to show fewer telltale symptoms than adults and be less contagious.
2:15.6	That could provide justification to some for reopening schools.
2:21.4	Tennis player Novak Djokovic tested positive for COVID-19.
2:27.2	Two days after his exhibition tour in the Balkans was cut short.
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