A question for those of you closely following the virology podcasts and studies…
Have any virologists or epidemiologists started to speculate when COVID19 will be considered endemic? Does it matter than some form of COVID19 has reached most people in the US? I mean, by the end of this Omicron surge, it seems to me, a large portion of the population will have either been vaccinated or infected (and have antibodies). Does it depend on what percentage of the population has antibodies or is vaxxed? Does it depend on how the healthcare system is faring? At what point will the healthcare departments stop contact tracing? At what point will people who have covid19 no longer have to quarantine?
I’m just curious when it will be made official because I get the sense that so many communities are already either treating this like it’s endemic or are moving closer to that. Frankly, COVID19 was so mild for my family that dd never had symptoms other than a headache. If I hadn’t tested her or DS2, we would never have known. I know that’s still not the case for all those people showing up at the hospital with it, but I’m wondering what predictions are for when we will be at that point. You all are much better researchers than I am. I can’t seem to find that info on the internet.
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