COVID - Four Years On, the Mysteries of Covid Are Unraveling ; Knvul Sheikh / NY Times

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"...experts agreed they would not be surprised if Covid eventually settled into a predictable seasonal pattern, like other respiratory viruses. It’s just difficult to predict if that will take another few years or even decades,..."

"Part of this can be explained by the amount of virus we are exposed to, but our bodies also play a big role. People who are older or have existing health problems tend to have more severe symptoms because their immune systems are already weakened. In some cases, the body can fight off the virus before it replicates enough to cause symptoms, or clear it so quickly that a person never tests positive. There’s also strong evidence that vaccination makes illness less severe."