What’s next, if we can’t contain the coronavirus?

More and more experts acknowledge that containing the coronavirus may well be impossible. So now they’re asking a question that has huge implications for public health and public policy. What will a world in which this coronavirus becomes endemic — circulating permanently in the human population — be like? In a new story today, STAT’s Sharon Begley walks through two possibilities that experts envision. 

You can catch the rest of STAT’s up-to-the-minute coverage of the coronavirus here.