Five Years After COVID: Health Experts Finally Declare the End of the Pandemic
After five years from the beginning of the Covid pandemic That resulted in over one million American deaths and brought the globe to a standstill, health professionals are finally prepared to declare that it’s ending - at least for the time being. Following evolution through several variants such as omicron, the pathogen has increasingly resembled an 'endemic' illness, according to experts. "This pandemic has followed the typical pattern—transitioning into endemic status, which demands continuous watchfulness from us," said Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. She emphasized that this requires persistent vaccination efforts and monitoring to maintain control over the virus. The Washington Post on Thursday. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases and preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, stated that the widespread agreement within the medical community exists regarding...