After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 596; no. 7873; pp. 495 - 504
• Main Authors: Telenti, Amalio, Arvin, Ann, Corey, Lawrence, Corti, Davide, Diamond, Michael S., García-Sastre, Adolfo, Garry, Robert F., Holmes, Edward C., Pang, Phillip S., Virgin, Herbert W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.08.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 101/1; 631/326/596/4130; 692/699/255/2514; Animals; Antigenic drift; Antigens; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - immunology; COVID-19 - transmission; COVID-19 - virology; COVID-19 Vaccines - immunology; COVID-19 Vaccines - supply & distribution; Epidemics; Evolution, Molecular; Forecasts and trends; Herd immunity; Human populations; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Immune Evasion; Immunity; Immunization Programs; Influenza, Human - immunology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Influenza, Human - virology; multidisciplinary; Mutation; Pandemics; Perspective; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - immunology; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Time Factors; Vaccination; Viral diseases; Virus research; Viruses; United States

There is a realistic expectation that the global effort in vaccination will bring the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) under control. Nonetheless, uncertainties remain about the type of long-term association that the virus will establish with the human...