Disease experts predict that Covid will remain among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
Many disease experts think it’s time, or almost time, to declare an end to the pandemic, given the widespread availability of Covid vaccines and treatments, the fact that no variant has overtaken omicron since December and the relatively stable U.S. case and death counts over the last few months.
White House officials, too, said this month that the new omicron-specific boosters marked a shift in the pandemic. Covid shots are likely to"They are feeling like we have to shift our mindset to the long game here," Wachter said of the White House's response."This is no longer an acute threat in the same way it was.
And Dr. Kavita Patel, a primary care physician who was a policy adviser during the Obama administration, said the virus has to become more predictable before the pandemic can be considered over.
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