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WHO: Coronavirus ‘May Never Go Away’
14 May 2020 The coronavirus may never be completely eradicated (CNN) and could instead join the group of viruses that appear every year, according to a top World Health Organization (WHO) official. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program, said the virus “may never go away,” likening it to HIV in that sense.

The novel coronavirus disease has ravaged the globe, sickening more than four million people and killing nearly three hundred thousand to date. The WHO also said that the pandemic could trigger a mental health crisis (Reuters). The warnings come as some countries and U.S. states begin to ease lockdown measures.
Analysis

 
“Everyone wants to know when we’ll be safe from COVID-19. The answer is we’re probably in for a long fight,” writes former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb in Time.
 
“Much about the disease remains poorly understood, but countries that are locked down now could very well face new and even more severe outbreaks down the road. If these countries follow the Swedish path to herd immunity, the total cost of the pandemic will decrease, and it will likely end sooner,” Nils Karlson, Charlotta Stern and Daniel B. Klein write for Foreign Affairs.
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