The research, published in the journal Viruses, makes this likely prediction based on mathematical models that incorporate lessons learned from the current pandemic on how our body’s immunity changes over time.

“Over the next decade, the severity of Covid-19 may decrease as populations collectively develop immunity,” said Fred Adler, a professor of mathematics and biological sciences at the University of Utah in the US said.

The study suggests that changes in the disease could be driven by adaptations of our immune response rather than by changes in the virus itself.