"SARS-CoV-2 will become an endemic virus, settling alongside the other four strains of coronaviruses that circulate widely among us.

But while the other four coronaviruses typically cause little more than the common cold, SARS-CoV-2 is likely to remain a more serious threat even after this pandemic wanes, even after the virus becomes primarily a seasonal pathogen, even after drugs and vaccination limit the damage it does. The virus will become a persistent menace at least on par with the yearly flu."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...fluenza/620044/

This is a Scott Gottlieb, from 2017 to 2019 he served as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He is comparing Covid to the annual flu.