(Ariel Mitropoulos/ ABC News) — Millions of people around the globe are hoping that between lockdowns and vaccines, the virus that causes COVID-19 might soon be eradicated from our lives. Now, experts are warning that the virus might be with us forever — but it won’t always be a deadly plague.

“This coronavirus is going to be here to stay,” explained Dr. John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital and an ABC News contributor. “Eradication of this new coronavirus is basically impossible.”

Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, concurred, adding that he is also “not sure we’re ever going to really eliminate this virus. … It’s not like measles, where you get life-long sterilizing immunity.” (…)

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