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Nicolas Baverez: "Omicron, from pandemic to endemic?"

2022-01-16T20:47:54.539Z


CHRONICLE - The Covid will not be eradicated. It does not constitute a parenthesis intended to close but inaugurates a new norm which must integrate the lasting presence of the virus.


Since its appearance in Wuhan in the fall of 2019, the Covid has continued to create surprise and thwart the strategies put in place to contain it.

The fifth wave carried by the Omicron variant marks a break, which could see the Covid epidemic turn into an endemic, like the seasonal flu.

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Omicron: the hope of finally emerging from the pandemic

The year 2021 had opened with the arrival of vaccines, opening the hope of an end to the epidemic thanks to the achievement of collective immunity and a return to normal.

The majority of the population in developed countries received two and then three doses of vaccine.

A strong recovery has followed the historic recession of 2020, driven by the reopening of economies and a catch-up momentum.

But the Covid has not been eradicated.

Above all, the resurgence of inflation, the disorganization of value chains, the change in household behavior, the rise in international tensions have begun to reveal the extent of the aftermath of the shock and confirmed that...

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Source: lefigaro

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