Endemic Covid: Is the pandemic entering its endgame?

Who hasn't let out an exasperated "Is the pandemic finished yet?" or a "When can I just get on with my life?" over the past two years? I know I have.There is growing confidence that Omicron could be hurtling the UK into the pandemic endgame.

"I am very optimistic," she says. "We'll soon be in a situation where the virus is circulating, we will take care of people at risk, but for anybody else we accept they will catch it - and your average person will be fine." The only major curve ball would be a new variant that can outcompete Omicron and cause significantly more severe disease.It is important to remember that endemic does not automatically mean mild. "We have some huge killer diseases that we consider endemic," says Prof Ghani. Smallpox was endemic for thousands of years and killed a third of people who were infected.

"Should a new variant or old variant come along, for most of us, like any other common cold coronavirus, we'll get the sniffles and a bit of a headache and then we're OK."There will be people - mostly the old and vulnerable - who will die from endemic Covid. So there is still a decision to be made about how we live alongside it.

Prof Julian Hiscox 'in a bad flu season, 200-300 die a day over winter and nobody wears a mask or socially distances, that's perhaps a right line to draw in the sand.' Really? The line-in-the-sand should be 'wear a mask, socially distance, reduce those daily death rates'🤦‍♂️🤮💩🖕

ZOMG! What about endemic rhinovirus

Where have you been It’s BEEN endemic. 🤡🤡🤡

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