I am thinking COVID will start fading away

[edhopper]

I am thinking Omicron is the last surge of the pandemic.

This thinking is called WISHFUL thinking.

[onecaliberal]

1. Yes it is...

[leftieNanner]

2. They gotta get to Omega before it's the end. nt

[Lithos]

3. Need the dead guy to sing

[CentralMass]

4. ...

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-01-15/expect-more-worrisome-variants-after-omicron-scientists-say

[edhopper]

11. spoil sport!

[Initech]

5. COVID isn't going away, but the pandemic will eventually end.

All pandemics do.

[edhopper]

12. That's what I'm afraid of

[Demovictory9]

6. i hope so

[dwayneb]

7. Not an unreasonable expectation

Here's a recent article on the topic

https://www.newsweek.com/some-infectious-disease-specialists-see-covid-approaching-endemic-stage-after-omicron-1664951

A lot of epidemiologists think that after Omicron burns through we could be approaching endemic stage. The idea is that Covid is exhausting it's ability to mutate.

[mahina]

9. That's kind of nutty though because we've already seen it

Moves through animal populations and then back into human populations. Potential for mutation is vast

[Klaralven]

8. It will join the other coronaviruses that cause seasonal respiratory disease

Over time, it will evolve to be less lethal.

[uponit7771]

10. We got two more less lethal but more contagious variants to go, that's my prediction