We will not all be dead in a 'few' weeks. But the virus will not have burned itself out either, depending by what you mean by 'few'.
Somehow, this whole thing got tagged with a two- week timespan; I think it was because schools were closed for one week, and the next week would be spring break. Hence, 'two weeks' of school closings and many seem to be using that as a timetable. But it does not and never did apply. This virus has a pretty long incubation period as well as also having a fairly long 'host active' phase. Those two things will combine to make this a fairly long- lasting virus in society. The really great part is that it has a fairly low mortality rate, at least in most groups of people.
I am not trying to spread gloom and doom. I am merely stating what I believe to be the situation. I am not in the medical field but can read an infection / morbidity curve and this one seems like it is going to be somewhat longer lasting than other, recent epidemics, and especially, pandemics. My sincere advice would be for people to calm down and settle in for what <might> be a bit of a longer ride than you may have initially expected.
On the bright side, there are some humorous parts to this situation; last night in a store with my wife, I coughed (fake coughed) and noticed many around me snap to attention. My wife joined in to them asses..... er, I mean the masses, and showed me the 'proper' way to cough, which she demonstrated by coughing into her arm, inside the elbow. I responded by grabbing her arm and coughing into the inside of her elbow. Apparently, that was not correct either..... I give up.
BTW: I am in two high- risk groups myself and so the gallows humor applies to me directly. Fair enough but I can still find the humor in the situation.
To my ZGGTR friends, I honestly wish you the very best success in the coming period of high stress. Not only for your survival of course but also that the situation is not too difficult on each / any of you regarding difficulties in getting through the coming weeks, or even months. Here is to wishing all of you and yours the very best possible experience going forward!
Brian (I think I am asymptomatic but the thermometer is behind me and I cannot read it.....)
If we're not all dead in several weeks, things should be starting to look up.