According to a study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health
In findings published yesterday, the researches noted that "intermittent distancing may be required into 2022 unless critical care capacity is increased substantially or a treatment or vaccine becomes available".
The study cites examples from South Korea and Singapore, noting that effective distancing could reduce the strain of healthcare systems and enable contact tracing to be feasible.
Adding that even in the case of "apparent elimination", surveillance for COVID-19 should still be maintained as a resurgence in contagion may be possible even as late as 2024.
If you imagine a world of near-permanent social distancing and other massive changes to our livelihoods, the economic impact is going to be negative but how much so is pretty much impossible to quantify at this stage - as we learn to adjust to the new "normal".
