How long will current 'lockdown' last?

[SecretShopper]

The only answer I care about is when will they start letting foreigners back in the country.

 

[Alby]

Your frustration is palpable. It is probably based on our assumptions about how things in our world worked pre March 2020 and how we organized our lives and plans based on those assumptions and our assumption that it's just a matter of time before we get back to how our world used to work. Hopefully for your sake it will. But it may not.

 

[elhombresinnombre]

I do think your question is a good one, which no one really has an accurate answer for. And my question is even more impossible to answer:

I think the bigger question to ask is: When will the world get "closely" back to normal?

Hint: The answers depend upon a huge reduction in deaths and positives.

I'll take a guess at answering my question:

No earlier than 12 months and more like 18 to 24 months. We (the population of the world) are in for some very trying times I fear.

You might like this article from Statnews :

How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future

How will the Covid-19 pandemic end, and when? For answers, look to the past.

www.statnews.com

My thanks to John Naughton of The Guardian for highlighting it.

 

[Alby]

Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here Soon

A new, more transmissible variant could devastate countries without vaccines.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Aztangogirl]

The variants are coming. There is a new variant in Vietnam. Until the majority are vaccinated, this will not end.

 

[dsp27]

How long will current 'lockdown' last?

Forever