Goodbye to COVID-19 pandemic? When?
It has been thought that, at some point, the pandemic will be over. And the world will then go “back to normal.” This thinking, however, is flawed.Some experts say the coronavirus like the viruses behind polio, measles and the fly is likely to be a “permanent” one. Meaning, it’s not going away. One scenario is that it may turn into a seasonal flu, less deadly, but would still claim some lives.
And like the flu virus, which still mutates with every season, the coronavirus has demonstrated that given its known mutations the virus is able to mount a cat-and-mouse game with vaccines.
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Dr. Leana Wen, a medical analyst for
CNN who has held former posts as the Health Commissioner for the city of Baltimore and president of Planned Parenthood, voiced her concerns.
“What I really worry about is that those people who are already on the fence don’t get vaccinated (and) we don’t reach herd immunity come the fall,” said Wen. “And then with the winter .. we have a big resurgence, maybe we have variants coming in from other countries, and we could start this whole process all over again and have another huge pandemic come the winter.”
Like other health experts, Wen shared doubts about the possibility that the US will reach herd immunity due to a ‘return to normal’ attitude that Americans may take on, “regardless of whether they were vaccinated or not.”
Situation very desperate : Top US COVID expert Anthony Fauci advises India to marshal all resources
The 80-year-old physician and immunologist also recommended mass vaccination to arrest the current spread of the deadly disease across India.
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WASHINGTON: Terming the situation in India very desperate , America s top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has suggested the government marshal all its resources, including the armed forces, to immediately build makeshift field hospitals, and urged other countries to help with not only materials but also personnel.
In an exclusive interview to PTI, Fauci, who is the Chief Medical Adviser to US President Joe Biden, also called for a nationwide lockdown, not necessarily for six months but for a few weeks to break the continuity and transmission of infection .