Will Endemic COVID-19 Be a Reality Soon Thanks to Omicron? | Self

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on endemicity and the omicron sub-variant B.A.2. “First, the thought that the omicron surge may be over is a bit premature, notes Eleanor J. Murray, ScD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. …’So there’s a potential for a second sub-variant wave,’ says Dr. […]

We’re Entering the Control Phase of the Pandemic | The Atlantic

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on the “control phase” of COVID-19: “…Control manages a threat down into something that society can accept day after day after day—practically, less disease, less death, less suffering than might otherwise occur. It is ‘how we talk about diseases we’re doing something about,’ says Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist […]

Missouri plotting official ‘end’ to COVID-19 pandemic, document says | News Tribune

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on endemicity: “…Despite the trend, some epidemiologists have criticized the political use of the term ‘endemic,’ saying a desire to return to a pre-COVID-19 normal doesn’t align with the actual science around how pandemics end. Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University’s School of Public Health who has […]

What Is the Difference between Pandemic and Endemic? | The Brink

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray explains the difference between pandemic and endemic. “To move from a pandemic to endemic, says Murray, a BU School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, the world needs ‘to have some predictable sense of where that disease is going to go next.’ COVID-19, she says, will likely remain prevalent […]

COVID as endemic disease: Not weaker but forever with us | Inquirer

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on COVID and endemicity: “…According to Boston University epidemiologist Eleanor Murray, an infectious disease can be classified to be in the endemic phase if the rate of infections has more or less stabilized through the years. ‘A disease is endemic if the reproductive number is stably at one. […]

Endemicity Is Meaningless | The Atlantic

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray weighs in on endemicity: “… And the word is so ‘muddy and misused’ that it’s ‘really hard to pin down why someone is using it wrong,’ Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, told us. We spoke with more than a dozen experts for this article, and nearly every one […]

The science behind the omicron wave’s sharp peak and rapid decline | Vox

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray offers insights on omicron: “…Why didn’t omicron cases rise and fall slowly — or level out at a high or moderate level? ‘I think you may get different answers from different experts,’ said Eleanor Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, in an email. This isn’t just a curiosity: Researchers are […]

Despite omicron, Covid-19 will become endemic. Here’s how. | Vox

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray talks about how COVID-19 will become endemic in Vox. “For an infectious disease to be classed in the endemic phase, the rate of infections has to more or less stabilize across years, rather than showing big, unexpected spikes as Covid-19 has been doing. ‘A disease is endemic if the reproductive number is stably […]