It is not surprising that there have been those who have not asked these questions in the last couple of years. The answer to these questions may be, "Very soon."
The slow pace of the corona epidemic in Britain is growing with the Omicron variant.
But, what happens after that? There is no magic in eating this virus in a pinch. We have to get used to the word ‘endemic’ instead of the word ‘pandemic’ before. I mean .. Kovid will not disappear, he will be with us. No doubt.
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"We are almost on shore. The end of the coronavirus has begun. I think public life will almost certainly return to the forefront of this epidemic by 2022, "said Professor Julian Hiscox, head of the Department of Infection and Global Health at the University of Liverpool.
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This is because of our immune system. The new coronavirus first appeared in Wuhan, China two years ago. We are all valued and valued for it. It is a new virus that our immune system has never encountered. Then we had no drugs or vaccines to deal with it.
The result was that a fire extinguisher was taken into an ammunition factory. Kovid spread like wildfire around the world. However, the inflammation does not burn permanently with the highest intensity.
Then we have a second way. Kovid is just as endangered as the Ebola virus in West Africa. Second, the virus stays with us for a long time and then shrinks on its own. That is, it also joins in local infections (endemic diseases) such as the common cold, HIV, measles, malaria, and tuberculosis.
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"The virus is written to become endemic," said Dr. Elizabeth Gropelli, a virologist at St George's University's London.
"I am just happy to be free. The virus is circulating, we are taking care of those who are at risk from it, and everyone else is acknowledging that it is contagious - we will soon be in a situation where the average person is safe from the infection, ”she said.Epidemiologists who study the prevalence of infections, when any of the epidemic levels are stable and predictable, treat them as endemic. If it erupts at once and spreads exceptionally, it is considered a pandemic.
Kovid is still with us. But some say this means we do not need to control our lives, said Professor Azra Ghani, who works as an epidemiologist at Imperial College London.
"It simply came to our notice then. This seems to have taken a long time. But, we started vaccination just a year ago. That is why we are already so free, "she said.
The only obstacle to this is the possibility of the emergence of a more serious variant of the Omikron.
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How bad is endemic?
It is important to remember that endemic does not mean it is mild. "We also consider some serious fatal diseases to be endemic," said Professor Ghani. Smallpox has been an endemic disease for thousands of years. It killed about a third of those infected. Malaria is also an endemic disease. But it kills 600,000 people worldwide every year.
However, as our body's experience in fighting the covid increases .. we are already seeing its intensity decrease.
Vaccination program and booster vaccination program are underway in Britain. At the same time four different types of coronavirus waves are also ongoing.
"Immunity in Britain will be high for at least some time after the arrival of Omicron," said Eleanor Riley, a professor of immunology at the University of Edinburgh.
Britain has paid a heavy price for the highest level of infections. 1,50,000 people died across the country. But it leaves a protective capacity in our immune system. That immunity is diminished. So in the future we have to assume that Kovid will be infected again. However .. even if we get infected again, our chances of getting seriously ill will decrease.
"Whether the new variant comes or the old variant comes back ... it's like most other coronaviruses that cause the most common cold to most of us. Sneezing, slight headache. After that it will go down, "said Professor Hiscox, a member of the government's advisory board on the threat of new respiratory viruses.
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