One doctor says we're likely not too far from the pandemic becoming an endemic - meaning it's still around, but not disrupting everyday life.
And in just a few weeks, California will be moving on ending its coronavirus State of Emergency on February 28."Kids are going to get COVID the way they get RSV and the flu, which by the way are far more dangerous for them at this point than COVID. It's a reality but I think it is going to be okay for kids to go back to school regardless," Dr. Raven said.
And in another move away from pandemic protocols, the Federal Government announcing come fall it's cutting off free COVID vaccines; testing and treatment will also depend on insurance coverage. "We probably won't see a huge impact on the population like we did ever before for COVID-19," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, Infectious Diseases Expert UCSF."Even if there are scary new variants the soil in which it's landing on is very inhospitable right now because so many people have some sort of immunity," he said.
And he says we're likely not too far from the pandemic becoming an endemic - meaning it's still around, but not disrupting everyday life. "We are near the end, but the word endemic implies predictability and we don't have that yet," Dr. Chin-Hong said.
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