A group of U.S. researchers has modelled where society’s current path — an unmitigated spread of COVID — would lead. They concluded that unfettered transmission could result in death tolls exceeding 100,000 a year in the U.S. alone. “Endemicity is not a victory,” they added.
:doomer:
At this point, I have to believe there is no limit. If it killed 50% of the entire populace, the remaining living people would just want to keep their heads down and keep going to work so they can continue to pay off their landlord's mortgage.
Celebrity deaths would need to hit some critical mass