Crystal Balls At The Ready.

[derekpara]

Re Covid 19; which will win, a vaccine or herd immunity ?

[Cloverjo]

Vaccine, surely. We’re not allowed to get near enough to each other for enough to be infected and gain immunity.

[woofgang]

neither will "win"

[ichkeria]

Herd immunity realistically speaking only comes about through vaccination, so the question is perhaps meaningless.
Looking on the pessimistic side the chances of a vaccine working may not be great, as the way coronaviruses affect the human body means that as far as I know to date no coronavirus has ever had a vaccine successfully developed for it.
So the answer in that case might be : gradual resistance over time in such a way that it becomes less harmful.
Other bad news is that the less badly affected you were when you caught it, the less immune you’ll probably be next time.

[youngmafbog]

Neither, the virus will die out or adjust itself to live with its host.

[Zacs-Master]

We will learn to live with it just the same as Spanish flu, normal flue and everything else.

[ichkeria]

We have vaccines for flu ...

[Zacs-Master]

It still kills people.

[Old_Geezer]

No winners as such. It'll evolve/mutate such that the fatal strain doesn't continue, but like flu, you'll want a vaccine available just in case.

[iluvmargie]

Vaccine.

[woofgang]

"Other bad news is that the less badly affected you were when you caught it, the less immune you’ll probably be next time."

Ick have you got a research link for this please?

[derekpara]

Interesting answers. Thanks all.