The guy who wrote the article is Tom Duszynski
Director Epidemiology Education, IUPUI.

From wiki -- IUPUI is Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis is a public research university in Indianapolis, Indiana. A core campus of Indiana University that also offers Purdue University degrees, it is the result of a merger in 1969 of the Purdue Indianapolis Extension Center and Indiana University Indianapolis.

I don't know much about 'The.Conversation.com' myself. It's supposed to be an 'in depth' news source about various topics like arts, culture, business, education, environment, ethics, religion, health, politics, what-have-you. I'm with you -- they look interesting.

Of course we're still relatively near the start of this pandemic. And there's lots left to learn. But unless humanity's time is over...

From the link:

Once communities pass the peak of the epidemic, the number of new infections will decline, while the number of recovered people will increase. As these trends continue, the risk of transmission will fall. Once the risk of transmission has fallen enough, community-level isolation and social distancing orders will begin to relax and businesses will start to reopen. Based on what other countries have gone through, it will be months until the risk of transmission is low in the U.S.

But before any of this can happen, the U.S. and the world need to make it through the peak of this pandemic. Social distancing works to slow the spread of infectious diseases and is working for COVID-19. Many people will need medical help to recover, and social distancing will slow this virus down and give people the best chance to do so.