The dizzying spread of the XBB.1.5 variant — the most transmissible form of Omicron to date — has public health experts warning of yet another potential COVID wave in the U.S.
At the same time, pandemic-era investments in virus surveillance, new vaccines and treatments are winding down.
The public has largely abandoned mitigation strategies like masking, and there's been a far lower uptake of the bivalent booster than anticipated."We've moved from complacency to frank capitulation at just the wrong time," Eric Topol, executive vice president of Scripps Research,"If XBB.1.5 is telling us one thing, it's that we can't be oblivious. We're all tired, but we're up against a force that isn't," Topol said.
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