PBS: Coronavirus Delta variant 'may hit us pretty hard' this fall.

[liberal_mama]

27. I'm not saying they would for the current pandemic, unless there is a particularly nasty variant

that can break through the vaccine and becomes more deadly. Between the amount of people vaccinated and the amount of people who have already had Covid, I think it's probably unlikely to get bad enough again that Covid19 could pack the hospitals.

However, if there was a situation in the future, with something like the 1918 pandemic or the Black Death, they would have to lock it down again. Like what would happen if there was a coronavirus that was as contagious as Covid19 with a mortality rate of MERS. It depends on the R0 number, the incubation period, and mortality rate.

I hope a pandemic never happens again in my lifetime, as it's been a year and a half of terror for me. My husband is an essential worker who went to work everyday when the area in New York we live in was getting slammed. We lost a family member to Covid last February. There was never really a lockdown for me and my family, but I appreciated the people who did stay home as there were less people out there spreading it.

My husband and I are both high risk medically, so we were able to get our vaccinations in early March. I'm immune compromised as I have diabetes, lupus, psoriasis, and RA, so I still have to take precautions and wear a mask in public. As long as these anti-vax fools refuse to get their shots, the nightmare is still ongoing for a lot of us.