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There is some good news to come out of the first six months of the pandemic. Hospitals are getting better at managing symptoms and intervening before cases reach a point of no return, helping to reduce the death rate. He points to therapies like remdesivir, which has shown positive effects in trials and has been authorized for hospitalized COVID patients, and convalescent plasma therapy, which could be used as a way to transfer a level of immunity to sick patients. But there's no silver bullet. Experts agree that it will be at least a year from now before we have a vaccine that's accessible to most people. Mass immunization likely won't come until 2022, and even then, Toner says vaccination may require a double dose to be effective. And until then? "I think that mask wearing and some degree of social distancing, we will be living with -- hopefully living with happily -- for several years," he says. For many of us, this long timeline can lead to a feeling of hopelessness. But Toner says there's a way to control our future, and it's not all that different from the advice he's given in simulations, advice that dates back more than a century. "It's actually pretty straightforward. If we cover our faces, and both you and anyone you're interacting with are wearing a mask, the risk of transmission goes way down. Being outside, having distance between you and other people reduces the risk of transmission dramatically. "There are a lot of things you can do and maintain those conditions. If you spread out, if you maintain distance, if you avoid crowded places, you could go to a beach, you go to the mountains, you could go to a lake, you can do things outside without a problem." As for those who refuse to wear a mask, Toner doesn't mince his words. "They will get over it," he says. "It's just a question of how many people get sick and die before they get over it."