We are in this for the next 10-15 years, because the human brain is shortsighted and egocentric. We could have beaten variants/mutations to a large extent if we had gotten around 80% vaccinated (70% herd immunity is bare minimum and not ideal), but of course this was never possible because of the false debate of individual freedom (merely 100% political ideology) in this country that cannot reach its potential and suffers a diminished IQ from all the dummies who talk/play politics with science.
We'll need to wear masks for the next 10-15 years, regardless of if you've been vaccinated. We'll need to get boosters every 6-12 months, regardless of if you have had COVID and have acquired natural "immunity." The boosters will try to keep up with the variants, and there may end up being regional differences in the vaccine potpourri over the years. Eventually, COVID vaccine will meld into your run-of-the-mill annual flu vaccines. This process will take 10-15 years, because we will not be able to get ahead of the variants because of the all the dummies.
As I've said before, we can't even get a Harvard Law grad to understand the simplest concepts in science. But don't misinterpret this statement as a diss on humanities majors. We also can't even get a mechanical engineering or computer science PhD from Caltech to understand it, because they don't have the relevant science. I don't give advice on heart surgery because I know Jack about the heart. Yet virtually 100% of the world's population has a theory on 2 subjects: (1) on the nature of intelligence and (2) on how politics should be done. The latter allows every misguided, perverse knuckleheaded knucklehead to seek validation as something more than a waste of human resources.
Think about it. You can be a total dummy or a total failure in pretty much everything you've ever done from childhood to adulthood. But you can talk politics with great confidence.
