As the title reads, how long will this continue to disrupt the majority of society.....

I voted end of mankind. We need it.

None of the above.

It will be a cluster for a bit, then when it gets warmer out it will mostly go dormant.

Trump will declare victory and give himself another 10 out of 10, and his ballwashers in the Derp State will put another pic of him on the wall to jerk off to.

Then this fall it will cool off and it will reactivate, it will be declared yet another Democrat hoax designed to ruin Trump.

Hopefully everyone will ignore that fuckin buffoon the second time around, and we'll deal with it like adults instead of idiots.

So...about 12 to 15 more months, overall.

Fish on...

Todd

It's not going dormant in Australia, Singapore, Thailand etc. I wouldn't get my hopes up that warm weather will stop it. What we need is for the R0 rate to drop below 1 and it will burn itself out naturally. The math dictates it. Right now, the R0 is like 6. R0's of 6 are bad news obviously.

A virus "dies" with a dead host, so it's in a viruses best interest to not kill it's host too quickly. Certain viruses like Ebola are actually decently containable as they kill their hosts quickly limiting further spread. Lesser cold viruses are much more common and successful because they impact their hosts the least - thus enabling spread. This bug is a perfect new killing machine. It's highly spreadable before / during / after sickness (virus shedding); contagious as hell (lung receptors) and kills it's host at the optimal rate without endangering itself by burning too hot. This is a first ballot HOF virus.

My answer: 1 year or less of solid struggle. We are fvcked until they either find highly effective anti-viral treatments (Chloroquine, Remdesivir etc.) or a vaccine that actually works and hope the virus doesn't mutate. IMO...just my $0.02

The 14 day incubation period without symptoms is where Covid-19 really wins the prize...even if it killed every single person on Day 15, the RO would still be astronomical due to that 14 day period.

"It's not even as bad as the seasonal flu Derp Derpity Derp Derp Derp!"

One of these days we will discover something that will allow the Derp State's stupidity to kill off the Derp State without killing all the rest of us, too.

So far economics and viruses can't do it.

Fish on...

Todd

For those of you who believe that hot weather will take care of this - I am living in the Philippines, where every day is hot and humid. There is local transmission of the virus. It's not as bad as in China, US, Italy, but it does seem to be viable in heat and humidity.

Warm weather will only slow it down enough to give Fat Nixon and the Derp State enough space to claim victory.

Then it will cool off and come back with a vengeance.

Fish on...

Todd

Stay safe Eddie!

Not only that, I've seen reports that we still shed it for a MONTH after sickness AND you can get sick from it again. If that turns out to be true, it's NEVER going to go away on its own. It will just recycle itself in perpetuity until it reaches the Omega Man. Preventative drugs, vaccines and isolation will be our only real long term hope. They know this and that's why they allowed the new Seattle vaccine to skip animal testing and go straight into human trials starting yesterday. That woman who took the first shot is god-damned HERO and deserves to have the vaccine named after her.

But it's not even as bad as the flu!

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Derp.

Agree.

I've been taking an elderly couple ( 83 ) to the store a couple times a week.I'm trying to get them to take this seriously, without spooking them...it's been a little challenging.

Don't lie,it's you and your wife.

sry

Well if we're going to stop this thing or drastically slow it down we got test the f*** out of it like these guys...

S. Korea solution

Maybe I should take this opportunity to finally grow my hair down to my butt.

Huo lung vill yuou beeng a tutel imbeceele-a lest? Bork Bork Bork!

Did someone say "Butt"?

I'm lonely.

Lar-Lar

It'll last until RichG says it will.