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When will coronavirus end?
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The coronavirus pandemic will end by January 2021 (in 6 months)

Made in mid-2020, this position predicted the coronavirus pandemic would end within six months, by January 2021. It argued masks, hand-washing, and distancing were bringing control, and that vaccines, antibody treatments, and herd immunity would soon end the crisis.

Supporting arguments · 4

  1. Infections will be insignificant in number
    Preventative measures, combined with societal knowledge of the virus, a vaccine, and antibody treatments, will drastically reduce the number of people infected with Covid-19. If society takes the necessary precautions to prevent further outbreaks, the pandemic will be over by January.
  2. The world will be close to the herd immunity threshold
    New models suggests that the benefits of herd immunity could come sooner than previously thought—and at a lesser cost. The predictions are only for select portions of the globe, but the model could easily be applied to countries around the world.
  3. A vaccine will be widely available
    Scientists and researchers estimate that, if everything goes perfectly, a Covid-19 vaccine will be available by the end of 2020. Administering the vaccine to a large portion of the population by January isn't impossible.
  4. Antibody treatments will help slow the spread
    Antibody treatments being used to mitigate the symptoms of Covid-19 could help stop the pandemic from getting worse—and possibly help it get better. Antibody treatments could help save the immunocompromised and the elderly from dying, causing death rates to plummet.