What's Next For The Pandemic? Will COVID-19 Become Endemic Soon?

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

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Many experts warn there will be more infections on the downslope of the omicron surge, but the U.S. is on the path to the virus becoming endemic — and that should mean fewer interruptions to daily life. Take a listen to Rachel Martin chat with health correspondent Allison Aubrey about what's next in the pandemic on Morning Edition.

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0:00.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	Hey, hey shortwaveers, Emily Quang here.
0:08.0	Okay, I have good news and I have bad news.
0:10.6	The good news is that across the country, overall,
0:13.9	we are seeing pandemic cases drop.
0:16.4	Numbers are falling.
0:18.6	The bad news though is that in places where cases remain steady,
0:22.9	hospitals are scrambling to make room for new COVID patients.
0:27.2	Alison Aubrey, who's been a lighthouse of pandemic coverage
0:30.9	these last two years,
0:32.2	spoke with morning editions Rachel Martin about where we are.
0:35.5	And what the US might see come springtime.
0:44.2	As has been the case at different points over the past two years,
0:47.4	how you experience the pandemic depends on where you live.
0:51.1	New cases of the coronavirus are declining sharply
0:54.2	in parts of the Northeast and the Midwest.
0:56.6	Yet many places in the South and West
0:59.3	continue to see record numbers of new infections.
1:02.0	And more than 150,000 people are hospitalized nationwide.
1:06.0	And Paris Alison Aubrey is with us as she is
1:09.6	many Mondays high Allison.
1:11.4	Good morning, Rachel.
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