Researchers Say<br />US Social Distancing<br />May Be Needed<br />Until 2022 The data was presented by a group <br />of researchers at Harvard. According to the study published in ‘Science,’ <br />continuous or intermittent distancing may be<br />necessary in order to prevent a COVID-19 resurgence<br />due to “current critical care capacities.” Harvard Researchers,<br />via ‘Science’ Their conclusion was based on various computer simulations<br />that tracked how COVID-19 may spread over the next five years. These models took into account the possible seasonal<br />nature of the virus, how long immunity may last and the<br />“timing of control measures,” such as testing and tracing. Even in the case of “apparent elimination,”<br />the researchers predicted that COVID-19 could make<br />a “resurgence in contagion” as late as 2024. However, measures such as increasing critical care<br />capacity, creating a vaccine or developing a treatment<br />would greatly reduce the need for social distancing. Harvard Researchers,<br />via ‘Science’ They also found that social distancing that is too<br />“effective” may drag the pandemic on longer, as it would<br />prevent “population immunity” from being established.
