Harvard doctor says the coronavirus pandemic will last longer than we think

[Yoni Heisler]

• Social distancing and mandatory masks in public may have to remain in place for another 12 months, according to Dr. Ashish Jah of Harvard.
• Jah's remarks come as many states are seeing huge spikes in the number of new coronavirus cases.
• Earlier this week, the United States set a new single-day record for new coronavirus cases.

Coronavirus safety precautions such as mandatory masks and social distancing may have to remain in place for an additional 12 months, according to Dr. Ashish Jah who heads up the Harvard Global Health Institute. Barring the development of an effective vaccine -- which may not arrive until late 2020 at the earliest anyhow -- Jah's remarks echo what we've heard from a myriad of other health professionals over the past few weeks. Put simply, the United States isn't any closer to moving past the coronavirus today than it was two months ago.

"Not only is it not fading out," Jah said recently, "this will be with us for at least another 12 months, and that's the most optimistic scenario for having a vaccine." Similarly, a May research report from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota relayed that the current coronavirus pandemic could persist for two additional years.

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