Covid-19 has caused more than one million deaths in the U.S. and 6.5 million deaths worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet, some want to say the pandemic is over.
IDSE editorial advisory board members shared their opinions on the pandemic’s status with Marie Rosenthal, MS. “I don’t know what to call the current period, but it’s not the pandemic we used to have,” said Shmuel Shoham, MD. “We have yet to see what happens when a surge of influenza occurs with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2,” commented Mark H. Wilcox, MD, FRCPath.
I don’t think we’ll know the correct answer regarding the current status of COVID-19 except in retrospect, because we haven’t been good at predicting, a year in advance, the degree to which this virus will disrupt our daily lives. Using my trusty crystal ball, I don’t think we’ve reached predictability yet,” joked Stuart C. Ray, MD.
Source: IDSE, September 21, 2022. Link.
INSIGHTS: In the meantime, animal health pros need to remain cautious. Reorient staff, refresh and reinforce your protocols to reduce possible contamination.
Clean. Disinfect. Sterilize.”