Current COVID-19 wave won't be a repeat of pandemic's early days, doctor says
CTV
Despite record high case numbers in recent days, the latest wave of COVID-19 is far from becoming a repeat of the pandemic's early days, one infectious disease expert says.
"What this is showing is that we have this mild virus right now, for the most part, especially if you're vaccinated, ripping through the population and that's going to cause a lot of — and I mean this in a good way — immunity," Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious diseases specialist with Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ont., said Tuesday in a interview with CTV's Your Morning.
"And I think that this is actually a different step. So I think people are thinking we're back in March 2020, but this is very far from that."
Chakrabarti says after this current wave, he expects the COVID-19 situation to move to a more "endemic" or "low-grade phase."
"But I think that this is actually, believe it or not, good news. But again, if you haven't gotten vaccinated yet that's the best defence we have against the virus and I urge you to do so."
