Early on in the pandemic, there were high hopes that a vaccine would eventually allow society to return to normal.
But according to a recent study submitted to the central government, people may need to adjust their expectations on what ¡°normal¡± looks like due to the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
If people return to their pre-pandemic lives and don¡¯t take proper precautions, 100,000 people in Japan could die from COVID-19 over the course of a year even if a 90% vaccination rate is reached, according to the study by a Kyoto University researcher.
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