Is Coronovirus Going Down That Route?

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Scientists don't think coronovirus is going down that route. We've had a number of flue pandemics in the last hundred years. The virus itself is very good at out manoeuvring our immune system. That might not be case with coronovirus. But it's far from clear that these vaccines will need to be updated yearly, like the flue.

What’s the endgame for the COVID-19 pandemic? Is a world without SARS-CoV-2 possible, or is the virus here to stay?

A recent Nature survey suggests that the majority of experts expect the virus to become endemic, circulating in the world’s population for years to come.

But what does this mean? On this week’s episode of Coronapod, we ask what a future with an ever-present virus could look like.

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