We’re agree with Los Angeles Times the latest California outbreak confirms what we always thought. The signposts along the way to taming the virus were vaccinate the people, and prevent symptoms spinning out of control. Or as Los Angeles Times puts it, lessons to learn from the California surge include how to keep a pandemic under control.
The California Surge Confirms We Learned Our Lessons
Right from the beginning our scientists told us COVID-19 was a medical problem, and we had to fix it with medication. However, vaccine avoidance caused a flood of new cases straining hospital resources every time there was a surge.
But Los Angeles Times confirms this time the pandemic is not sticking to that script. And no wonder, they add ‘in a world awash in vaccines and treatments, and healthcare providers armed with knowledge gleaned’.
This brave new world we’re hoping will be permanent, means the third-highest wave is not seriously impacting hospitals in California. COVID-19 deaths remain low despite an infection uptick. Although there’s no doubt the milder Omicron variant plays a role too.
In Some Ways This Was Going to Happen
Past pandemics all fizzled out, with symptoms becoming progressively milder. ‘In some ways, that’s what was going to happen’ the Los Angeles Times explains. ‘As health experts get better at identifying the coronavirus, by vaccinating against it and treating the symptoms, new surges in cases shouldn’t lead to excessive jumps in serious illnesses’.
However, and this is where we do need to keep our guard, the future is seldom the same as the past. The COVID-19 virus can, and will continue to mutate. And this could disrupt the public health landscape in new directions.
‘This doesn’t say the pandemic’s over,’ Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer insists. ‘That’s not what we’ve accomplished,’ she stresses. ‘What we’ve accomplished is we’ve reduced the risk, but we haven’t eliminated the risk.’
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