According to one expert, Omicron is “perhaps the first ray of light” in the Covid epidemic. The Omicron form, according to Dr. Mike Tildesley of the University of Warwick, could render Covid endemic.
According to a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling group (Spi-M), the pandemic should start to move by spring.
“What can happen in the future is you might witness the creation of a new form that is less severe, and eventually, what occurs is Covid becomes endemic and you have a less severe version,” he told Times Radio. It’s a lot like the common cold that we’ve had for a long time.
“We’re not quite there yet, but Omicron could be the first ray of hope that this could happen in the long run.” Of course, it’s far more transmissible than Delta, which is problematic, but it’s also considerably less severe. Hopefully, as we get closer to spring and the end of Omicron, we’ll be able to observe more inter-relationships between living with Covid as an endemic disease and safeguarding the vulnerable. “Any variety that emerges that is less severe, in the long run, is where we want to be,” he stated.
