These studies provide me hope for a return to normalcy:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....03.20187856v1

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2026116

It appears that humural immunity MAY over time make this strain of COVID less severe and closer to the common cold/flu. Add that to the promise of a vaccine and I think the future is promising. The Emory / Penn St article is pending peer review, so must be taken with some skepticism. I like to see things with hope, myself....