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Coronavirus will be with us forever, claims Jonathan Van-Tam

Telegraph, 03 Dec 2020
Jonathan Van-Tam encourages Britons to practice the 'three Cs' - closed spaces, close-contact settings and crowded spaces - while urging them to add in duration and volume considerations.

"I don't think we'll eradicate coronavirus ever, I think it's going to be with humankind forever.

"I think we may get to a point where coronavirus becomes a seasonal problem... possibly flu is the kind of way we would learn to live with it. Do I think there will come a big moment where we have a massive party and throw our masks and hand sanitiser? No I don't. Those habits will perhaps persist for many years. And that may be a good thing if we do."

Boris Johnson disagrees - saying "we may want to get back to life as normal".

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