US may have to endure social distancing until 2022 if no vaccine is quickly found, scientists predict

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Updated 10:38 AM ET, Wed April 15, 2020

Researcher explains 2022 social distancing projection
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(CNN)This may be the new normal for quite a while.

The US may have to endure social distancing measures — such as stay-at-home orders and school closures — until 2022, researchers projected on Tuesday.
That is, unless a vaccine or better therapeutics becomes available, or we increase our critical care capacity. In other words, 2022 is one scenario of many.
That’s according to researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who published their findings in the journal Science on Tuesday. Those findings directly contradict research being touted by the White House that suggests the pandemic may stop this summer.
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