How-and When-Will the COVID-19 Pandemic End?

Americans have some time before social distancing measures can let up-and every day counts

Mar 31, 20200

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People cross Park Avenue after it was announced that some streets will be closed off as lockdown continues in response to the coronavirus outbreak on March 27, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images)

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a moving target. Faced with stopping a pandemic scientists have yet to fully understand, researchers simply can't guarantee what lies ahead-or when life will return to a version of normalcy.

But as businesses continue to shutter and people retreat into their homes, one thing has become clear: To stem the spread of disease, Joe Pinsker reports for the Atlantic, strict measures that keep people physically separated could be in place for several months-perhaps even more than a year.

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