Covid, like every pandemic before it, will end once there is sufficient immunity in the population to slow its spread to a trickle.
We can accelerate that process by possibly years, and avoid many unnecessary deaths, through vaccinations. But either way, it will infect every person it can until there's no fuel left for the fire, so to speak.
I think Erie County has actually done a very good job of balancing personal freedoms and choices with collective responsibility to the health of the community. I'm proud of the work our county executive has done and his messaging all along on this.
Unless you work in a hospital or K-12 school, you could go weeks without having to wear a mask in Erie County.