BY THE NUMBERS: Whither coronavirus?

Are we going to see this cycle of shutdowns and spiking “cases,” the vast majority of which are harmless, for years to come?

I think we will -– unless, of course, Joe Biden wins in November. In that case, I expect that coronavirus hysteria will quietly fade away. People will still get sick, and a few of them, generally the aged and infirm, will die. But for the government and the press, it will be back to business as usual. And maybe someday there will be an effective and widely deployed vaccine. Don’t hold your breath. Meanwhile, I am not yet convinced that the net effect of governments’ anti-COVID actions, at all levels, has been, or will be, positive.

Even a guarantee that the pandemic will go away isn't enough to entice me to vote for Biden.