The land was cold, desolate, and dangerous. Pilgrims could not rely on their ships or friends in Europe for survival.
Answer:
It will probably never end, in the sense that this virus is clearly here to stay unless we eradicate it. And the only way to eradicate such a virus would be with a very effective vaccine that is delivered to every human being. We have done that with smallpox, but that's the only example - and that has taken many years.
