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Vaccine discovery?
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Obviously the immediate protection of life comes before everything else, but is it possible for the pandemic to subside without either 'herd immunity' or indefinite draconian measures?
Yes, production of an effective vaccine or eradication through some seriously draconian measures.
Is there any data yet to suggest it won't inevitably flare up again?
No. It may well do. That's the risk you run with the suppression approach. You take the brakes off the restrictions on personal movement and the like, you get an infection, and the whole cycle kicks off again because the vast majority of the population are still vulnerable.
jackc
Brommers
@abr
What's the expected end goal of the current lockdown employed by most countries?
Obviously the immediate protection of life comes before everything else, but is it possible for the pandemic to subside/go away long term without either 'herd immunity' or indefinite draconian measures?
I was happy to read that China's cases are going down while measures being relaxed, but this is a very contagious disease to which the majority of the population still has no immunity to. Is there any data yet to suggest it won't inevitably flare up again?