One would think that with how far Omicron, or COVID-19 in general, has been around it would be easier to navigate the entire situation, except maybe not.
It seems that almost everyone has been infected with the virus at this point and if that was not the case for you, you are one of the rare ones because it is very unlikely to find anyone who has not caught COVID since it started.
Some statistics found that by the end of February 2022, 60 percent of people in the United States would have had a COVID infection, at least once in these last 2 years, according to the CDC. The majority of these infections happened after the subvariant Omicron happened.
Cases were steadily dropping and moving in a proper path, however, recently, that has switched again and the numbers started going up instead of down.
ADVERTISEMENT
The percentage in which they have jumped is 21 percent as it has been recorded just last week alone. If they keep increasing by 21 percent every single week, then it could get really bad in the upcoming months.
Omicron has dominated the situation for a while now until the new subvariant came to be. It does not stop there either, as 4 other subvariant happened, things are looking a little bit more complicated.
The degree of how transmissible the variants has definitely changed, which did not help with making any plans to manage it.
ADVERTISEMENT
If the blueprint is not consistent, then the results will not be either, especially with the possibility of a new surge happening again next fall or winter according to what the White House is preparing for, additional shots are coming into conversation to make sure that the general immunity against the virus is sustained long-term in order for us to collectively avoid another wave.
ADVERTISEMENT
