Is COVID-19 Endemic Yet? Infectious Disease Experts Aren’t So Sure

Prevention quotes Thomas A. Russo, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, in a story titled, "Is COVID-19 Endemic Yet? Infectious Disease Experts Aren’t So Sure." “SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is not going away,” Russo says. He says we’re “transitioning” from pandemic to endemic status but aren’t there yet. “Right now across the country, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are down,” he says. “There are local outbreaks in some areas and others are quiet.” The rise of the BA.2 variant has caused cases to jump again in some areas, which has slowed the transition to endemic status and caused some uncertainty about where things are headed, Russo says. Yahoo! News and MSN also carried the story.