History with John B

All the currently known remains of Archelon date back to the Late Cretaceous - about 70 million years ago.

Most likely, the giant tortoise, which weighed over 2 tons, became extinct at the junction of the two periods - Cretaceous and Jurassic.
The archilon skull was up to 70 cm long and had a large, curved beak reminiscent of the beaks of modern birds of prey. But the turtle's front flippers are of particular interest: they were truly enormous - up to 5 meters in wavelength - and served as the archelon's main means of movement both on land and in water.

In 1959, a human skull was found in a cave in northern Greece, cut into the wall, which was named Petralon Archanthropus.

The skull is 700,000 years old and is believed to be the oldest human remains of the Caucasoid race.

Unexpectedly, the DNA of the archanthropus was examined. It was found that it evolved separately in Europe and was not related to the descendants of Africans. Further research was banned by the Greek government, even though there seemed to be nothing wrong with the fact that Europoids evolved independently of the natives of the African continent.

They made a problem out of the fact that the human species appeared simultaneously and independently in different parts of the world!

MESSI MESSAGE

Lionel Messi left chilling message by gunmen after attack on family supermarket

Natalia Penza

Published: 12:10, 2 Mar 2023Updated: 12:59, 2 Mar 2023

GUNMEN have attacked a supermarket in Argentina owned by the family of Lionel Messi’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo and left a chilling message for the football star.

One of two men on a motorbike was caught on CCTV walking up to the premises in Messi’s home city of Rosario and firing repeatedly at metal shutters over the windows and front door.
More than half a dozen shots were fired at the supermarket.

The attackers are also said to have left a handwritten message at the scene which said: "Messi, we are waiting for you. Javkin is a drug trafficker, he won't protect you."

It had been written on a bag of charcoal.

Pablo Javkin is the current mayor of Rosario.

A local TV station which reported on the attack claimed the message suggested criminals may be trying to extort money from the seven-times Ballon D’Or winner.

The supermarket, which is called Supermercado Unico, is said to belong to Antonela’s family and is understood to be managed by one of her cousins.

It is expected to remain closed on 2 March 2023 following the gun attack around 2am.

Messi owns a huge mansion on the outskirts of Rosario called ‘The Fortress.’

The monster property, built on three adjoining plots of land in a gated private estate, has a huge cinema, gym, and underground garage with enough space for 15 cars.

He married Antonela in a glitzy wedding at Rosario’s City Centre Hotel and Casino in June 2017.

Guests included former Man City striker Sergio Aguero and Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez.

Cyclone Freddy

LOVE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING

Practice to use..

Please in every request

Thank You in every favour of others..

I am sorry if you have to

These are magical words which we learn as a KID.

When the "I" factor enters..
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I did it
I could do it
I only can do it
I should get the credit
I am important
I should be respected
I deserve more

When
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I
I
Dominates.

We fail to use
Please
Thank you
I am sorry..
When ever and where ever needed.

Keep celebrating life ahead.
Wish you most and more

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💞
❤️

you're not dating their cute face, height or smile. you're dating their maturity, morales & growth.

Evaluate that before you catch feelings for someone that doesn't deserve you.

unsupportive partner will make you feel lonelier than being single ever could .

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9 GREAT REASONS TO DRINK WATER:

1. WEIGHT LOSS:
Water has no fat, no calories, no carbs, no sugar.

2. HEART HEALTH: Lowers your risks of a heart attack by 41%

3. ENERGY:
Being dehydrated can sap energy and make you feel tired

4. HEADACHE CURE:
Headaches are simply a matter of not drinking enough water

5. HEALTHY SKIN:
Clear up your skin and gives a healthy glow

6. BETTER EXERCISE:
Being dehydrated can severely hamper your athletic activities

7. DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS: Water can help cure stomach acid problems

8. CANCER RISK:
Reduce risk of colon cancer by 45% & bladder cancer by 50%

9. CLEANSING:
Water is used by body to help flush out toxins and waste

Explosion and fire at the Four Courts in Dublin at the start of the Irish Civil War in 1922 [636x535] [Colorized]

April, 1906: San Francisco City Hall, after earthquake and fire. (630x750)

An Uzi-armed Israeli Soldier on guard - Negev Desert, 1956 [2048x3072]

A man in Rwanda is trying to get out of his cell in Kigali at the beginning of the genocide in 1994. (I wonder how they took the photo and what happened after that) (1164x750)

Dating back to 1890 this is perhaps the first photo ever taken of a surfer. The muscled Hawaiian beach man is photographed wearing a traditional loin cloth and shown standing in the shallows holding his rudimentary board. The original owner and the photographer are not known. [1000x663]

DOROTHY COUNT - The first black girl to attend an All white School in the United States. She’s being mocked and taunted by her white male peers at the Charlotte’s Harry Harding’s School in 1957 [612x413]

The astonishment of those who saw the camera for the first time while looking at a bridge in Istanbul, 1923. (Colored) 1280x720

A Lebanese woman in West Beirut celebrates her wedding during the 1996 Lebanon War [1280x893]

Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde on their wedding day, July 14, 1966.

Men of the Australian 9th Infantry Division guard Italians and some of the first German prisoners to be taken during the war in North Africa, after Rommel's first unsuccessful assault on Tobruk in 1941 [800x791]

N**i Germany was fighting with boys in the last days. This boy was given the Iron Cross. 1945. [447 x 647]

Vietnam War - soldiers wounded - 1966. [1280 x 1028]

DOCTOR WHO DELAYED RETIREMENT TO FIGHT PANDEMIC AT LOW-INCOME HOSPITAL DIES OF COVID-19
A doctor who delayed his retirement to fight the coronavirus pandemic at a low-income hospital died of COVID-19, The New York Times reported Monday.

Pulmonologist James Mahoney reportedly worked his day shifts in the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Brooklyn, which, like many hospitals in New York, initially lacked the medical equipment needed to treat the onslaught of coronavirus patients during the pandemic.

Mahoney, who was 62, had the option of retiring after serving for 40 years as a physician, but instead treated his patients until he contracted the coronavirus and died on April 27, according to the Times.
His older brother, Melvin Mahoney, who was already retired, stopped seeing patients at the beginning of the pandemic, like many older physicians, the newspaper noted, adding that James Mahoney, who had treated patients during the AIDS epidemic, the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Sandy, refused to step away.

James Mahoney also worked night shifts at nearby Kings County Hospital Center and conducted telemedicine sessions with his regular patients during the pandemic, according to the Times.

During the second week of April, he reportedly told his boss in a text that he had a fever but continued to consult patients while he was isolated at home. He was admitted to the University Hospital’s emergency room on April 20, when he could barely walk, the Times reported.

On April 26, his colleagues reportedly took him to Tisch Hospital, which had a blood oxygenation machine that University Hospital did not have. Five colleagues followed the ambulance to the hospital and were with him when he died.
Medical students, especially African Americans, had seen James Mahoney as an inspiration. Dr. Latif Salam, an internal medicine specialist at University Hospital, called him “our Jay-Z” in an interview with the Times.

New York City has not released specific statistics on how many health professionals were infected with or killed by coronavirus, but medical workers said hundreds were out sick last month.

“One of the sad stories of this pandemic is that we’re losing people that we couldn’t afford to lose,” Robert Foronjy, James Mahoney’s boss, told the Times.

WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF CONDOMS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
Condom demand is growing in 'double digits' as govts issue stay-at-home notices and many people abstain from having children due to the uncertain future.

Kuala Lumpur: The world’s biggest maker of condoms warned of a global shortage as supply falls by almost 50% while its stockpile is set to last for just another two months.
Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide, only restarted its factories on Friday after a week-long closure, working with just half its workforce to comply with a lockdown that the country imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The company said condoms are mainly made in China and India, which are both heavily impacted by the pandemic.

Meanwhile, demand is growing at “double digits” as governments around the world issue stay-at-home notices and many people abstain from having children due to the uncertain future, said Goh Miah Kiat, group chief executive officer at Karex.

The company produces for brands like D***x as well as its own line of specialty condoms such as Durian-flavored ones. It churns out more than 5 billion condoms a year and exports them to more than 140 countries. That has become more challenging as governments shut borders and airlines cancel flights.

“I would definitely say this is an unprecedented stage, we have never seen such a disruption,” Goh said in an interview on Friday.

Condoms could also get much more expensive, he warned. “We are still paying all our workers full salaries but workers only come in half the time so generally there will be a cost increase,” he said.-Bloomberg

MICHIGAN BARBER WHO PLEDGED TO STAY OPEN 'UNTIL JESUS COMES' HAS LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR DEFYING CORONAVIRUS ORDERS

By Ed White / AP

May 13, 2020 4:11 PM EDT


Detroit) — State regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a 77-year-old Michigan barber who insisted on cutting hair despite an order to stay closed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Karl Manke has pledged to keep his shop open “until Jesus comes.” A judge declined the state’s request to shut down his shop Monday without first holding a hearing. Regulators took a different path by suspending his barber license and his shop license.

“It’s pure retribution. It’s abuse of power: How dare you stand up to me?” said Manke’s attorney, Dave Kallman.

The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs declined to comment. Manke can ask for an immediate hearing with an administrative law judge.

His shop is in Owosso, a small town 40 miles (65 kilometers) northeast of Lansing. A woman who answered the phone at his shop said Manke hadn’t been served with the suspension and was still cutting hair. A clipper could be heard buzzing in the background.

Hair salons and barber shops have been closed for weeks by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But Manke, wearing a mask, reopened on May 4, saying an extension of the governor’s order had “knocked me to my knees.”

He said he needs to work and can keep his shop and customers safe.

“The government is not my mother, never has been,” Manke said Monday. “I’ve been in business longer than they’ve been alive.”

TAIWAN GOES 8 DAYS WITHOUT NEW CORONAVIRUS CASE

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (May 15) announced zero new cases of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), marking the eighth straight day without an imported case and 33 days without a new local infection.

During his daily press conference on Friday afternoon, Minister of Health and Welfare and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced that there were no new cases of coronavirus. As Taiwan has now gone without any new cases for eight days in a row, Chen presented eight guavas, as the word for the fruit in Chinese (芭樂) is a homophone with the phrase "eight happinesses" (八樂).

The CECC announced that they received 324 reports of people with suspected symptoms on Thursday (May 14). Since the outbreak began, Taiwan has carried out 68,659 COVID-19 tests, with 67,550 coming back negative.

Taiwan has now extended its streak of no new local infections to 33 days. Out of 440 total confirmed cases, 349 were imported, 55 were local, and 36 came from the Navy's "Goodwill Fleet."

Up until now, only seven patients have succumbed to the disease, while 387 have been released from hospital isolation.

AFTER CHOIR PRACTICE WITH ONE SYMPTOMATIC PERSON, 87% OF THE GROUP DEVELOPED COVID-19

Summary

What is already known about this topic?

Superspreading events involving SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been reported.
What is added by this report?

Following a 2.5-hour choir practice attended by 61 persons, including a symptomatic index patient, 32 confirmed and 20 probable secondary COVID-19 cases occurred (attack rate = 53.3% to 86.7%); three patients were hospitalized, and two died. Transmission was likely facilitated by close proximity (within 6 feet) during practice and augmented by the act of singing.

What are the implications for public health practice?

The potential for superspreader events underscores the importance of physical distancing, including avoiding gathering in large groups, to control spread of COVID-19. Enhancing community awareness can encourage symptomatic persons and contacts of ill persons to isolate or self-quarantine to prevent ongoing transmission.
On March 17, 2020, a member of a Skagit County, Washington, choir informed Skagit County Public Health (SCPH) that several members of the 122-member choir had become ill. Three persons, two from Skagit County and one from another area, had test results positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Another 25 persons had compatible symptoms. SCPH obtained the choir’s member list and began an investigation on March 18. Among 61 persons who attended a March 10 choir practice at which one person was known to be symptomatic, 53 cases were identified, including 33 confirmed and 20 probable cases (secondary attack rates of 53.3% among confirmed cases and 86.7% among all cases). Three of the 53 persons who became ill were hospitalized (5.7%), and two died (3.7%). The 2.5-hour singing practice provided several opportunities for droplet and fomite transmission, including members sitting close to one another, sharing snacks, and stacking chairs at the end of the practice. The act of singing, itself, might have contributed to transmission through emission of aerosols, which is affected by loudness of vocalization (1). Certain persons, known as superemitters, who release more aerosol particles during speech than do their peers, might have contributed to this and previously reported COVID-19 superspreading events (2–5). These data demonstrate the high transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 and the possibility of superemitters contributing to broad transmission in certain unique activities and circumstances. It is recommended that persons avoid face-to-face contact with others, not gather in groups, avoid crowded places, maintain physical distancing of at least 6 feet to reduce transmission, and wear cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
Investigation and Findings

The choir, which included 122 members, met for a 2.5-hour practice every Tuesday evening through March 10. On March 15, the choir director e-mailed the group members to inform them that on March 11 or 12 at least six members had developed fever and that two members had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 and were awaiting results. On March 16, test results for three members were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and were reported to two respective local health jurisdictions, without indication of a common source of exposure. On March 17, the choir director sent a second e-mail stating that 24 members reported that they had developed influenza-like symptoms since March 11, and at least one had received test results positive for SARS-CoV-2. The email emphasized the importance of social distancing and awareness of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19. These two emails led many members to self-isolate or quarantine before a delegated member of the choir notified SCPH on March 17.

All 122 members were interviewed by telephone either during initial investigation of the cluster (March 18–20; 115 members) or a follow-up interview (April 7–10; 117); most persons participated in both interviews. Interviews focused on attendance at practices on March 3 and March 10, as well as attendance at any other events with members during March, other potential exposures, and symptoms of COVID-19. SCPH used Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists case definitions to classify confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 (6). Persons who did not have symptoms at the initial interview were instructed to quarantine for 14 days from the last practice they had attended. The odds of becoming ill after attending each practice were computed to ascertain the likelihood of a point-source exposure event.

No choir member reported having had symptoms at the March 3 practice. One person at the March 10 practice had cold-like symptoms beginning March 7. This person, who had also attended the March 3 practice, had a positive laboratory result for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing.

In total, 78 members attended the March 3 practice, and 61 attended the March 10 practice (Table 1). Overall, 51 (65.4%) of the March 3 practice attendees became ill; all but one of these persons also attended the March 10 practice. Among 60 attendees at the March 10 practice (excluding the patient who became ill March 7, who also attended), 52 (86.7%) choir members subsequently became ill. Some members exclusively attended one practice; among 21 members who only attended March 3, one became ill and was not tested (4.8%), and among three members who only attended March 10, two became ill (66.7%), with one COVID-19 case being laboratory-confirmed.

Because illness onset for 49 (92.5%) patients began during March 11–15 (Figure), a point-source exposure event seemed likely. The median interval from the March 3 practice to symptom onset was 10 days (range = 4–19 days), and from the March 10 practice to symptom onset was 3 days (range = 1–12 days). The odds of becoming ill after the March 3 practice were 17.0 times higher for practice attendees than for those who did not attend (95% confidence interval [CI] = 5.5–52.8), and after the March 10 practice, the odds were 125.7 times greater (95% CI = 31.7–498.9). The clustering of symptom onsets, odds of becoming ill according to practice attendance, and known presence of a symptomatic contagious case at the March 10 practice strongly suggest that date as the more likely point-source exposure event. Therefore, that practice was the focus of the rest of the investigation. Probable cases were defined as persons who attended the March 10 practice and developed clinically compatible COVID-19 symptoms, as defined by Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (6). The choir member who was ill beginning March 7 was considered the index patient.

The March 10 choir rehearsal lasted from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Several members arrived early to set up chairs in a large multipurpose room. Chairs were arranged in six rows of 20 chairs each, spaced 6–10 inches apart with a center aisle dividing left and right stages. Most choir members sat in their usual rehearsal seats. Sixty-one of the 122 members attended that evening, leaving some members sitting next to empty seats. Attendees practiced together for 40 minutes, then split into two smaller groups for an additional 50-minute practice, with one of the groups moving to a smaller room. At that time, members in the larger room moved to seats next to one another, and members in the smaller room sat next to one another on benches. Attendees then had a 15-minute break, during which cookies and oranges were available at the back of the large room, although many members reported not eating the snacks. The group then reconvened for a final 45-minute session in their original seats. At the end of practice, each member returned their own chair, and in the process congregated around the chair racks. Most attendees left the practice immediately after it concluded. No one reported physical contact between attendees. SCPH assembled a seating chart of the all-choir portion of the March 10 practice (not reported here because of concerns about patient privacy).

Among the 61 choir members who attended the March 10 practice, the median age was 69 years (range = 31–83 years); 84% were women. Median age of those who became ill was 69 years, and 85% of cases occurred in women. Excluding the laboratory-confirmed index patient, 52 (86.7%) of 60 attendees became ill; 32 (61.5%) of these cases were confirmed by RT-PCR testing and 20 (38.5%) persons were considered to have probable infections. These figures correspond to secondary attack rates of 53.3% and 86.7% among confirmed and all cases, respectively. Attendees developed symptoms 1 to 12 days after the practice (median = 3 days). The first SARS-CoV-2 test was performed on March 13. The last person was tested on March 26.

Three of the 53 patients were hospitalized (5.7%), including two who died (3.8%). The mean interval from illness onset to hospitalization was 12 days. The intervals from onset to death were 14 and 15 days for the two patients who died.

SCPH collected information about patient signs and symptoms from patient interviews and hospital records (Table 2). Among persons with confirmed infections, the most common signs and symptoms reported at illness onset and at any time during the course of illness were cough (54.5% and 90.9%, respectively), fever (45.5%, 75.8%), myalgia (27.3%, 75.0%), and headache (21.2%, 60.6%). Several patients later developed gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea (18.8%), nausea (9.4%), and abdominal cramps or pain (6.3%). One person experienced only loss of smell and taste. The most severe complications reported were viral pneumonia (18.2%) and severe hypoxemic respiratory failure (9.1%).

Among the recognized risk factors for severe illness, the most common was age, with 75.5% of patients aged ≥65 years. Most patients (67.9%) did not report any underlying medical conditions, 9.4% had one underlying medical condition, and 22.6% had two or more underlying medical conditions. All three hospitalized patients had two or more underlying medical conditions.

Public Health Response

SCPH provided March 10 practice attendees with isolation and quarantine instructions by telephone, email, and postal mail. Contacts of patients were traced and notified of isolation and quarantine guidelines. At initial contact, 15 attendees were quarantined, five of whom developed symptoms during quarantine and notified SCPH.

Before detection of this cluster on March 17, Skagit County had reported seven confirmed COVID-19 cases (5.4 cases per 100,000 population). At the time, SCPH informed residents that likely more community transmission had occurred than indicated by the low case counts.* On March 21, SCPH issued a press release to describe the outbreak and raise awareness about community transmission.† The press release emphasized the highly contagious nature of COVID-19 and the importance of following social distancing guidelines to control the spread of the virus.

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Discussion

Multiple reports have documented events involving superspreading of COVID-19 (2–5); however, few have documented a community-based point-source exposure (5). This cluster of 52 secondary cases of COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity for understanding SARS-CoV-2 transmission following a likely point-source exposure event. Persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 are most infectious from 2 days before through 7 days after symptom onset (7). The index patient developed symptoms on March 7, which could have placed the patient within this infectious period during the March 10 practice. Choir members who developed symptoms on March 11 (three) and March 12 (seven) attended both the March 3 and March 10 practices and thus could have been infected earlier and might have been infectious in the 2 days preceding symptom onset (i.e., as early as March 9). The attack rate in this group (53.3% and 86.7% among confirmed cases and all cases, respectively) was higher than that seen in other clusters, and the March 10 practice could be considered a superspreading event (3,4). The median incubation period of COVID-19 is estimated to be 5.1 days (8). The median interval from exposure during the March 10 practice to onset of illness was 3 days, indicating a more rapid onset.

Choir practice attendees had multiple opportunities for droplet transmission from close contact or fomite transmission (9), and the act of singing itself might have contributed to SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Aerosol emission during speech has been correlated with loudness of vocalization, and certain persons, who release an order of magnitude more particles than their peers, have been referred to as superemitters and have been hypothesized to contribute to superspeading events (1). Members had an intense and prolonged exposure, singing while sitting 6–10 inches from one another, possibly emitting aerosols.

The findings in this report are subject to at least two limitations. First, the seating chart was not reported because of concerns about patient privacy. However, with attack rates of 53.3% and 86.7% among confirmed and all cases, respectively, and one hour of the practice occurring outside of the seating arrangement, the seating chart does not add substantive additional information. Second, the 19 choir members classified as having probable cases did not seek testing to confirm their illness. One person classified as having probable COVID-19 did seek testing 10 days after symptom onset and received a negative test result. It is possible that persons designated as having probable cases had another illness.

This outbreak of COVID-19 with a high secondary attack rate indicates that SARS-CoV-2 might be highly transmissible in certain settings, including group singing events. This underscores the importance of physical distancing, including maintaining at least 6 feet between persons, avoiding group gatherings and crowded places, and wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain during this pandemic. The choir mitigated further spread by quickly communicating to its members and notifying SCPH of a cluster of cases on March 18. When first contacted by SCPH during March 18–20, nearly all persons who attended the practice reported they were already self-isolating or quarantining. Current CDC recommendations, including maintaining physical distancing of at least 6 feet and wearing cloth face coverings if this is not feasible, washing hands often, covering coughs and sneezes, staying home when ill, and frequently cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces remain critical to reducing transmission. Additional information is available at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html.

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Acknowledgments

Patients described in this report; health care personnel who cared for them; Skagit County Public Health staff members and leaders, particularly the Communicable Disease investigators; Washington State Department of Health.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Prevention & Treatment The best way to prevent COVID-19 infection is to avoid exposure to this virus and use healthy habits.

Vietnam is the world's most populous country without any COVID-19 deaths

WHO EXPERTS: IT MAY TAKE 'FOUR TO FIVE YEARS' TO CONTROL CORONAVIRUS

Other experts note that vaccine development alone will not eradicate the virus.
Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) say it may take up to five years to successfully manage the coronavirus.

Speaking with the Financial Times' Global Boardroom webinar, Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO’s chief scientist, said on Wednesday, "I would say in a four to five-year timeframe, we could be looking at controlling this,” as quoted in CNBC.

Globally, more than 4.3 million people have contracted the COVID-19 infection, resulting in 298,185 deaths, per Johns Hopkins CSSE data.

Swaminathan noted that the development of a successful vaccine will likely be the “best way out” of the pandemic, CNBC quotes from the webinar discussion.

She also warned that there is concern regarding the safety, production and equitable distribution of a coronavirus vaccine. Regardless, Swaminathan said that the creation of a successful vaccine combined with proactive confinement measures were two key factors that would determine how long the pandemic will last.

The importance and uncertainty surrounding a coronavirus vaccine was also discussed by Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s top infectious disease expert, during his Senate testimony earlier this week.

Fauci said that while there are currently eight different coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials, efficacy remains “the big unknown.”

While it will likely take anywhere from 12 to 18 months to successfully develop a vaccine, Fauci is fairly confident that at least one will work.
“Given the way the body responds to viruses of this type, I'm cautiously optimistic that we will with one of the candidates get an efficacy signal,” he said.

Other WHO experts have also said that the virus is unlikely to simply disappear, even with the development of a vaccine.

BBC reports that Mike Ryan, the WHO emergencies director, said that even if a vaccine is created, controlling the virus will require a "massive effort."

"It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," Ryan reportedly said during a virtual press conference.