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As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:39 pm
Vaccination drives hold out the promise of curbing Covid-19, but governments and businesses are increasingly accepting what epidemiologists have long warned: The pathogen will circulate for years, or even decades, leaving society to coexist with Covid-19 much as it does with other endemic diseases like flu, measles, and HIV.
The ease with which the coronavirus spreads, the emergence of new strains and poor access to vaccines in large parts of the world mean Covid-19 could shift from a pandemic disease to an endemic one, implying lasting modifications to personal and societal behavior, epidemiologists say.
“Going through the five phases of grief, we need to come to the acceptance phase that our lives are not going to be the same,” said Thomas Frieden, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I don’t think the world has really absorbed the fact that these are long-term changes.”
Endemic Covid-19 doesn’t necessarily mean continuing coronavirus restrictions, infectious-disease experts said, largely because vaccines are so effective at preventing severe disease and slashing hospitalizations and deaths. Hospitalizations have already fallen 30% in [i]Israel after it vaccinated a third of its population. Deaths there are expected to plummet in weeks ahead.
But some organizations are planning for a long-term future in which prevention methods such as masking, good ventilation and testing continue in some form. Meanwhile, a new and potentially lucrative Covid-19 industry is emerging quickly, as businesses invest in goods and services such as air-quality monitoring, filters, diagnostic kits and new treatments.
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The ease with which the coronavirus spreads, the emergence of new strains and poor access to vaccines in large parts of the world mean Covid-19 could shift from a pandemic disease to an endemic one, implying lasting modifications to personal and societal behavior, epidemiologists say.
“Going through the five phases of grief, we need to come to the acceptance phase that our lives are not going to be the same,” said Thomas Frieden, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I don’t think the world has really absorbed the fact that these are long-term changes.”
Endemic Covid-19 doesn’t necessarily mean continuing coronavirus restrictions, infectious-disease experts said, largely because vaccines are so effective at preventing severe disease and slashing hospitalizations and deaths. Hospitalizations have already fallen 30% in [i]Israel after it vaccinated a third of its population. Deaths there are expected to plummet in weeks ahead.
But some organizations are planning for a long-term future in which prevention methods such as masking, good ventilation and testing continue in some form. Meanwhile, a new and potentially lucrative Covid-19 industry is emerging quickly, as businesses invest in goods and services such as air-quality monitoring, filters, diagnostic kits and new treatments.
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:40 pm to Baws
For frick sakes. Who fricking cares. People need to live their fricking lives. So tired of this shite.
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:42 pm to Baws
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leaving society to coexist with Covid-19 much as it does with other endemic diseases like flu
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:45 pm to Baws
People are still buying into this bullshite?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:45 pm to Baws
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As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay
No
fricking
shite
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:49 pm to Archer
The only virus that has been eradicated in modern history has been the smallpox virus. All other ones have been mitigated and controlled via vaccines.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:50 pm to Baws
What they mean is mail in voting is here for the long term and we will use the virus to maintain control.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:50 pm to Baws
Ok it’s the flu or cold. As soon as our government realized this the better off we’ll be. Don’t put it in the same category as measles and hiv.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:50 pm to Baws
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lucrative Covid-19 industry is emerging quickly
End game. How many politicians and global elites have a hand in future covid-19 prevention industry.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:50 pm to Baws
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flu, measles, and HIV.
I mean who here hasn’t had all these once or twice in their lives
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:50 pm to Baws
What a moronic statement.
If it is going to be here forever why are we all hiding from it? We will all get it, so why not just behave like it doesn’t exist.
We really moved the goal posts from not overwhelming hospitals.
If it is going to be here forever why are we all hiding from it? We will all get it, so why not just behave like it doesn’t exist.
We really moved the goal posts from not overwhelming hospitals.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:51 pm to Baws
Another win for big pharma. The rich get richer.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:51 pm to Tiger Ryno
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What they mean is mail in voting is here for the long term and we will use the virus to maintain control.
I truly deep down wonder if people that make these asinine statements are joking or being serious.
Loons on the left and right. Whatever happened to the rational and moderate mindset?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:53 pm to Baws
At some point, society is going to have to live with this shite...just like the fricking flu or any other virus floating in the air.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:53 pm to Baws
They're eventually going to have to admit it's just a cold virus.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:53 pm to Paul Allen
A retard troll responding to another retard troll about people being retards
What a world
And yeah yeah I’ll put a sock in it
What a world
And yeah yeah I’ll put a sock in it
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:55 pm to Sun God
That’s your opinion. And I respect you for that.
Not sure about the ad hominem attack on me, but if it makes you fell better, go right ahead. After all, this is an anonymous message board.
Not sure about the ad hominem attack on me, but if it makes you fell better, go right ahead. After all, this is an anonymous message board.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:55 pm to Baws
People have been dying every year from viruses and will continue to
Posted on 2/18/21 at 8:56 pm to Baws
Thank goodness there is a 99.7% survival rate. Tools.
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