I am hoping enough are vaccinated we won’t see a rise….
“I am hoping enough are vaccinated we won’t see a rise…”
Me too.
Perhaps localized surges.
If the UK’s recent experience is any guide, we should expect to see an increase in cases, with much lower rates of hospitalization than with the previous strains.
My prediction: through a combination of natural and vaccine-induced immunity, and the increasing awareness of effective and readily available therapeutics for early treatment, this pandemic is over for the US as a public health threat.
Corollary prediction: the WHO’s insistence on vaccines, and only vaccines rather than chemoprophylaxis means that this virus will not be eradicated in the world population, and we will be dealing with this as an endemic disease for the rest of our lives.