\u0027We think between now and the end of 2022, this is the point where we get control over this virus\u0027
In the meantime, she worries about countries lifting COVID precautions prematurely. “It’s amazing to me to be seeing, you know, people out on the streets, as if everything is over.”
“The transition is going to be different in each place because it’s going to be driven by the amount of immunity in the population from natural infection and of course, vaccine distribution, which is variable … from county by county to country by country,” said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Article content
Chris Murray, a leading disease forecaster at the University of Washington, likewise sees the U.S. Delta surge ending in November. Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London said that for the U.K., the “bulk of the pandemic as an emergency is behind us.” “It’s going to be a gradual evolution,” Ferguson said. “We’re going to be dealing with this as a more persistent virus.”
If a seasonal COVID scenario plays out, in which the virus circulates in tandem with the flu, both Gottlieb and Murray expect it to have a significant impact on healthcare systems.Article content
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