- Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that he believes the Covid-19 pandemic will soon become an endemic disease.
- An endemic disease is an outbreak. It always occurs in a specific area, but it is easier to control, just like the common cold.
- He said: “It will be more like an endemic disease, you will only see some kind of persistent infection throughout the winter.”
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Former Director of the US Food and Drug Administration Scott Gottlieb (Scott Gottlieb) said on Friday that he believes the coronavirus pandemic will evolve into an endemic epidemic.
The pandemic is classified by the World Health Organization As a rapidly spreading disease outbreak, it covers a large area of the world.Endemic disease is an outbreak in a specific area, it always exists, but it is easier to predict and control, such as the common cold or malaria.
Gottlieb said: “We are transitioning from a pandemic to more endemic viruses, at least in the United States and other Western markets.” CNBC “Squeak the box.”
Nevertheless, Gottlieb warned that the rest of the world will continue to struggle to control the coronavirus. He said: “In many places in the world where vaccination rates are not high, pandemics will still occur.”
A researcher at Duke University recently told the British scientific journal Nature that they predict that poorer countries will have to Wait two years Provide enough vaccines for their population to achieve sufficient immunity. Our World in Data is an online scientific publication that only illustrates 1.2% of people People living in low-income countries have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
“This is not a binary time point, but I think that after we get through this delta wave, it will be more of an endemic disease, and you will only see some kind of persistent infection throughout the winter,” Gottlieb added. “But not the level we are experiencing now.”
“At least in the U.S., we are transitioning from a pandemic to more endemic viruses,” @ScottGottliebMD“This is not a dual time point, but I think that after we get through this triangle wave, it will be more like an endemic disease.” pic.twitter.com/lDVl2NofNm
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Officials are still urging all Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine, especially as the Delta variant continues to proliferate across the country. According to statistics, approximately 52% of the American population has been vaccinated. data Compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Gottlieb recently sounded a wake-up call for the U.S. northeast, Said the region is particularly vulnerable to another surge in Covid-19 positive cases.
In the interview aired last week CBS’s “Face the Country”, Gottlieb said the pandemic in the United States “will definitely get worse” as the upcoming school year brings more worries.
Gottlieb said: “I think the northern states are more insensitive to the kind of transmission we see in the south, but they are not completely unaffected.” “They have a higher vaccination rate. The previous infection rate is higher. . But there are still vulnerable people in these states. The challenge now is that the infection will start to conflict with the opening of schools.”
Gottlieb served as FDA Commissioner during the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019. He is now a member of the board of directors of companies such as vaccine manufacturer Pfizer.
