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CDC Director: We Have Not Seen Peak Of Omicron, COVID To Be Endemic

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Speaking on Good Morning America, Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has issued two sobering warnings; saying that she does not believe that the wave of Omicron infections in the United States has peaked year, and that COVID is likely to prove an endemic virus that the world will have to learn to live with rather than it being eliminated.

  • Walensky's warning comes as the 7-day average of new cases comes in at above 600k/day for the first time during the pandemic.
Chart 1. US COVID Cases and Fatalities, Nominal and % chg d-t-d

Source: JHU, MNI

  • WaPo reports that that US gov't and US Postal Service are finalising plans to begin postal deliveries of lateral flow tests to people's homes, although neither the White House nor USPS have commented. Last month, WH Press Sec Jen Psaki sarcastically denied plans to embark on federal test procurement and distribution.

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