You are going to get COVID again … and again … and again
The Atlantic, May 27, 2022
Two and a half years and billions of estimated infections into this pandemic, SARS-CoV-2’s visit has clearly turned into a permanent stay. Experts knew from early on that, for almost everyone, infection with this coronavirus would be inevitable. You’re not just likely to get the coronavirus. You’re likely to get it again and again and again. “Will reinfection be really bad, or not a big deal? I think you could fall down on either side,” said Vineet Menachery, a coronavirologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch. “There’s still a lot of gray.”