Opinion | We Study Virus Evolution. Here s Where We Think the Coronavirus Is Going. – The New York Times

As scientists who study how viruses evolve, we are often asked about the future of the coronavirus. Will it go away? Get worse? Fade into the background of our lives? Become seasonal like the flu?

Here s what we know: The virus s Omicron variant was significantly more infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original strain that first emerged in Wuhan, China. There s no reason, at least biologically, that the virus won t continue to evolve. The coronavirus variants that have emerged thus far sample only a fraction of the genetic space that is most likely available for evolutionary exploration.

via www.nytimes.com

Frankly, I’m at the stage where I’d rather die than hear any more about this damn virus, but it’s probably just a stage.