Many infected people may not even know they are infected, even with mild symptoms.
The disease caused by the virus (which is called Covid-19) is harmless in most cases.
Only 15 out of 100 have serious symptoms.
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But especially individuals without symptoms are keeping the virus "alive" (a virus is by definition not alive, but you know what I mean). The reliability of the test routines used to detect the virus itself is at least controversial.
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In order to stop the virus, every person on earth would have to quarantine themselves for a few weeks to end the spread. Something that would not even be logistically possible.
All that can be done is to systematically slow down the spread in order to relieve the health system and the economic engine that drives everything.
Even if scientists were to develop a vaccine quickly, our laws will prevent a quick use without rigorous testing.
This virus is "alive" and healthy and can only be slowed down at this point in time. Only if the spread of the virus is made significantly more difficult is it possible to stop it completely.