Some provinces loosening COVID-19 health restrictions, but is endemic near?
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B.C.’s top doctor has hinted COVID-19 restrictions could be eased in time for Family Day, and some other provinces have already relaxed measures or announced plans to do so soon.
B.C.’s top doctor has hinted COVID-19 restrictions could be eased in time for Family Day, and some other provinces have already relaxed measures or announced plans to do so soon.
Given those developments, some may naturally believe the pandemic will soon be over, with the virus becoming endemic.
Experts disagree.
“So the reality is that political endemicity is going to come very, very quickly. Actual scientific endemic, it's going to take a while,” said Jason Tetro, a microbiologist and host of the Super Awesome Science Show podcast.
Tetro suggested lifting restrictions now, while transmission remains high, suggests politics are trumping science.
For B.C. to reach a proper endemic, he said, there would be two new cases for every 100,000 people, or roughly 100 cases a day.
Instead, what we are seeing is waves.
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