Quote Originally Posted by Trigger View Post
My very basic and non professional level of understanding based on what I've read and heard is that this would be the natural life cycle of this sort of disease.

That there is only so much that it can mutate, that it would eventually weaken itself. The higher the transmissibility of most diseases the weaker they generally are.

With vaccines, new treatments and perhaps, fingers crossed a milder variant spreading then is this the next phase in the pandemic?

We certainly can't keep closing businesses and having massive handouts from central government each winter.

I'd like to think out of this horrible disease comes reform for the NHS, the extra funding it needs and better working conditions and wages for its staff. Robust plans for future pandemics and a continued boom in the research and development of new treatments for all diseases.

Imagine cancer treatments had the funding and energy that covid has had.
Great post mate. Sadly the response to Covid is (in my opinion) now causing more long term damage to lives than the virus itself ever did. Completely disproportionate response.