Our pandemic reality is a dizzying mix of normalcy and looming concern | CNN

CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad weighs in about where we are in the pandemic:

“Pandemics don’t have linear narratives, meaning there is a defined beginning, middle and an end. There are many possibilities – there could be a protracted ending, or with the right curveball (e.g., highly immune evasive variant or significant waning immunity), put the pandemic back to the middle.

My best guess would be the U.S. sits somewhere between the middle and end stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have high amounts of immunity in our population, but not enough to stave off future surges; we have antiviral therapies but there are barriers with access and supply; we have access to more testing, but demand has plummeted. The list goes on…”

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