If immunity to the infection is not long-term, it is most likely to enter into regular circulation, similar to the flu.
By LEON SVERDLOV
APRIL 15, 2020 09: 21
Health care employees wheel the bodies of departed people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn district of New York City, New York City, U.S., April 4, 2020
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It is most likely that short-term, 40- week immunity to the infection will lead to annual coronavirus break outs. By contrast, the death rate of the flu in the United States stood at stood at 0.
Even if the virus does appear to have actually died out, state the researchers, a revival in 2024 is most likely.
