Here’s when Fauci thinks the coronavirus pandemic will end and life will go back to normal

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  • People are worried that the coronavirus pandemic will prevent life from going back to normal for several months or even several years.
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci addressed these concerns in a recent interview, providing an actual estimate for when we might beat the coronavirus and return to normal.
  • He said the timeframe is contingent upon implementing certain public health measures and a vaccine program that has to be effective enough to bring the transmission rate down.

The novel coronavirus pandemic already feels like it’s been here for years. But it has only been less than eight months that the world has been living with this new pathogen, and we’re nowhere near the final innings of this battle. Some people have hastily returned to normal life as soon as lockdowns were lifted, ditching protective measures that could keep the COVID-19 infection rate down. This rapid return to normal life fueled new outbreaks that turned out to be even bigger than before, and several US states are proof of how not to reopen the economy during a scary pandemic.

Things can’t and won’t get back to how they were before until the transmission rate is reduced significantly. That can happen once people start respecting the rules again, and once the first vaccines start rolling out more widely. But it’ll take more than a year for the US to get back to normal. The estimate comes from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading health expert and one of the world’s most trusted voices on all things COVID-19-related.

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