Great question!
What we’ve seen in the past year and a half is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus does produce mutations, some of which impact the antigen targeted by the vaccines (the S protein). However, this protein must still be able to bind to the ACE2 cell receptor or else the virus loses its ability to infect human cells, so there are some limits to how much that protein can change. The worst changes seen so far (P.1, or the Brazil variant) reduces the effectiveness of antibodies to other variants. Evidence from Brazil (particularly Manaus) suggests this evasion works even in those who’ve already recovered from a previous bout of COVID-19.
However, the vaccines we have in hand today remain largely effective against all known variants. Further, once they have full FDA approval and approvals for all age groups, vaccine makers will be able to use the same regulatory channel used with updating flu vaccines to produce modified vaccines specific to new variants. So even if a new variant emerged that was much more successful at evading existing antibodies, it wouldn’t take long to have a working vaccine deployed against it.
The meat of your question - I think - comes down to what the future looks like here in the US. Based on what’s happen to date and what’s in the pipeline right now, I think we’ll see the current vaccination push driving our COVID-19 cases and deaths way, way down. By July, I think we’ll have reached the Herd Immunity Threshold and we’ll see an inexorable decline in COVID-19 activity here. Full FDA approval will come for Moderna and Pfizer in late summer or early fall. The first “booster” will come out shortly after approval. Regardless of how many get it (and I think it’s safe to say 50% or better will get it), COVID-19 will continue its decline. The media will report every minor outbreak as if it were the end of the world. By the end of this year, they’ll be reporting on individual cases, probably with personal profiles of the affected, trying to drum up some fear, but I don’t think most will care.
In short, this thing is on its way out. Nobody should be worried about it at this point, unless you’re in a very vulnerable group. If you are, take sensible precautions. Don’t let it dominate your life. Pretty soon it’ll be too rare to care about at all.
why should anyone believe anything you say when you refuse to heed the advice of your own tagline???...
Thanks for the response. We have 4 variants in my county, here are what they call the largest two in case load (74 and 40, county has 157k pop):
B.1.1.7 B.1.427/429
That’s what they call them, I heard one is from India.
Do you know anything about those numbers or the India variant?
Thanks in advance.
So you're admitting that (according to your autofellatory stats) 150 million people are part of an EXPERIMENT. Sod off.