Had we gone into full lockdown earlier you would have been on here whining about unnecessary restrictions on your freedom, how were you supposed to earn a living and how it would damage the economy
The Belgian league has become the first one to cancel the raminder of their season - only had one match to go though and Bruges were 15 points ahead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52138270
Flu viruses mutate a lot. Corona virus mutates too but less. It depends on which domain the vaccine is raised against, if it is a retained domain then the vaccine will be unaffected by the mutation.
I would prefer to have games in front of a crowd but being realistic that isn't going to happen for many months. If it is a choice between voiding the season or playing behind closed doors, I'll take behind closed doors and watch it online
So do I.
But this virus comes from a known family of viruses (SARS, MERS etc) so it is not doing anything dramatically different. This is how the body's immune sytem works.
What will help is an antibody test that can identify people who have had the virus and can stop isolating. They can then go back to work, particularly important if they are healthcare professionals.
You need to read this https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf