After two years of one of the most serious health emergencies in history, the panorama is already beginning to be seen clearly. In most nations, there is a noticeable decrease in daily infections. For the same reason, it is time to start thinking about the possible endings of the Covid-19 pandemic. At some point you must end this situation to resume life on a daily basis. Now what is needed is to know how that will happen.
The end is getting closer
In this sense, one of the keys to achieving this reduction has been progress in vaccination campaigns. Based on the World Health Organization (WHO), at this time half of the global population has already received at least one dose.
Now, one of the aspects that has become evident is the inequity in the distribution of inputs. While the nations with the highest purchasing power have already applied three and even four doses, in the rest they barely have one. The reason for this is the lack of resources that has made it difficult to acquire biologicals from pharmaceutical companies.
What will the end of the pandemic be like?
Despite the above, there are already hypotheses about the possible endings of the Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO points out that so far there are three paths that seem the most likely.
The first and considered the most catastrophic involves the appearance of new variants of concern. If that happens, the worst thing is that they are just as or more dangerous than those that have been identified today. For the same reason, it would have to back down and return to measures such as closing borders and locking up the population.
For this not to happen, the cooperation of governments is required to speed up vaccination campaigns. Especially in the countries that are furthest behind, it is necessary for them to advance faster.
For its part, the second scenario and the one considered the “best” is that the pandemic becomes endemic. It is a term used to refer to a pathological process that remains stationary in a given population or space for long periods.
Finally, the third option of the possible endings of the Covid-19 pandemic implies that something similar to what is happening now with the influenza. By this, he means that cases only occur during a specific season of the year and not permanently.
In addition, it also implies that vaccination is annual and the formula must be constantly renewed to generate better results. Seen in one way, a complete return to normality could never be achieved, but something quite similar would be achieved. The use of face mask in open spaces it could be eliminated or it would be left to the discretion of each person.
For now, these are the scenarios that are seen as the most likely with respect to the current health emergency. Although there are already advances, it is still too early to point to one in particular.