#Are we going back into lockdown chicago how to
We have made less progress on helping those with long Covid but, fortunately, research to understand the underlying biology and how to develop treatments to help patients is under way.Ĭovid is now in the top 10 of public health problems (and still a major cause of death in many countries), but it is no longer the number one priority. Clinicians also have a better understanding of how to manage this disease. Today, we have effective and safe vaccines that protect against severe illness and death in the vast majority of cases, and we have considerable immunity in the population through a mix of vaccination and previous infection. Hospital admissions for the disease in England in late July were 1.97 per 100,000 people, compared with more than 36 per 100,000 in January 2021. Having watched the pandemic closely since the start, my key message on the current situation is that Covid-19 in 2023 is not Covid-19 in 2020. These people know how devastating Covid can be. But for those who are suffering with long Covid, are immunocompromised or who lost a loved one during the pandemic, any news of increased prevalence of the disease must be worrying. For those who were asymptomatic or had a mild version of the disease, the continued talk of Covid may seem irrelevant or even scare-mongering. There is currently no indication of increased severity of infection or an increased hospitalisation rate with this new strain. The WHO is tracking the spread of EG.5 globally, but notes that the risk posed to public health remains low.
There is an undeniable feeling of deja vu. As we head towards the autumn, disease rates are increasing in the community and a recent spike of interest in an Omicron subvariant, EG.5, which the World Health Organization has classified as a variant of interest, has caused concern among those whose memories of recent winters haven’t faded. Covid-19 is creeping back into the news cycle.
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