'It ain't over:' COVID-19 won't become an endemic until the world is vaccinated
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On this week's episode of Life Unmasked, the team speaks with two experts, a professor of immunology and a special advisor with the World Health Organization, about when this pandemic will become endemic.
But what does this mean and when can we consider the pandemic over?
An "endemic" is described—in its most simple definition—as a time in which there is constant presence of a virus, but it's not actively spreading.
While health officials in Canada have started to hint the country is approaching endemic rates of infection, other experts warn we may still be months away from achieving it.
On this week's episode of Life Unmasked, the team speaks with two such experts—a professor of immunology and a special advisor with the World Health Organization (WHO)—who cautions that while Canada may be faring well, COVID-19 can't be considered endemic unless the majority of people on planet earth have been vaccinated.
