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mokawanis

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27. I have no doubt

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 03:41 PM

Jun 2020

We're pretty much screwed until a vaccine is found. And with the way it's being dealt with in the US I expect we're going to see tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of deaths.

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So this is gonna last [View all] cilla4progress Jun 2020 OP

? JI7 Jun 2020 #1

Pandemic? Well, the Great Influenza of 1918 lasted 2 or 3 years before petering out... Hekate Jun 2020 #2

Minimal. poli-junkie Jun 2020 #3

I saw my dad once for an outdoor visit. Now they've changed the rules at long term care centers applegrove Jun 2020 #4

Hugs nt jaysunb Jun 2020 #5

Thanks. applegrove Jun 2020 #6

My husband's mom cilla4progress Jun 2020 #10

Thanks. applegrove Jun 2020 #13

if we're lucky, only one more year... AlexSFCA Jun 2020 #7

At least another year. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #8

Me too. Initech Jun 2020 #11

A vaccine might not happen. We don't have one for HIV or the common cold. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #20

It could be even longer than another year for this pandemic duforsure Jun 2020 #9

Like I said, even the worst pandemic in history lasted only 18 months. Initech Jun 2020 #12

AIDS didn't go. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #15

I don't want a changed lifestyle. This one sucks beyond all recognition. Initech Jun 2020 #16

That's what most of my friends said about condoms. They're dead now. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #19

Are there any states that arent letting people be outside? Arazi Jun 2020 #29

Plan on at least TWO more years. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #14

More or less yes. I think this time next year should be a lot better Renew Deal Jun 2020 #17

I really hope so. Initech Jun 2020 #21

I'm not counting on that either way. Renew Deal Jun 2020 #24

The NY Times has said that the pandemic will probably end socially before it ends medically. Initech Jun 2020 #26

Really? nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #18

Yes, because there are so many idiots in this country budkin Jun 2020 #22

I think we are experiencing the new normal. Right now millions of Americans longing to jalan48 Jun 2020 #23

I think we all will modify some things in our lives. davsand Jun 2020 #25

I have no doubt mokawanis Jun 2020 #27

And we're also not getting out of this without a competent administration in charge. Initech Jun 2020 #28