Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned about Covid months before it crushed the U.S. He now says we’re “close to the end” of the pandemic — here’s why
Face the NationGottlieb explained that as the Delta variant reaches its final stage, he predicted the U.S. would exit the “pandemic phase of this virus” and enter a “more endemic phase,” one in which life returned to something closer to pre-pandemic conditions thanks to steadily rising vaccination rates, children getting access to vaccines, and newly developed treatments for Covid infections.
Gottlieb added that, in the U.S., as infections continued to decline and vaccinations increased, “people are going to go out more, cases may pick up, but that doesn’t mean that we’re entering into another wave of infection,” he said. “I think we’re close to the end of this. This Delta wave is the last major wave of infection.”
To be clear, Gottlieb’s predictions don’t signal the end of the Covid-19 virus for good. Moving from the pandemic to the endemic phase means learning to live with the coronavirus in the same way humans live with other viruses. That could mean annual vaccinations against the virus. It could mean wearing masks in certain settings, or more commonplace testing, or screening for domestic or international travel.
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