I read somewhere that pandemics naturally die out in 1.5-2 years. Of course, that's just the history of pandemics caused by pathogens that weren't engineered. The next 6-8 months will be telling.

Here's the nightmare scenario - the bio-engineering crossed a bridge that the coronavirus (normally harmless) could never have achieved in nature. This acts like a paradigm shift for coronaviruses and aided by partially effective vaccines, it gradually becomes more and more deadly.

It finally wipes out humanity.

Better write that movie before there's no-one left to watch it.