Since December 2019 till date, the COVID-19 strain has only been on the rise and wreaked havoc throughout the world. The virus and the disease were relatively unknown before the outbreak was started in Wuhan.
Chances Of COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions Getting Steady?
After a year of a long fight with the COVID-19 pandemic in the world, a new variant of COVID-19 was discovered. This variant was COVID-19 Omicron variant. It was discovered in the month of November in 2021 and the US saw the first case is on November 15, 2021 (Symptoms were shown).
About Omicron
Omicron, since its discovery, is continuously on the rise among all the new infected by COVID-19 in the USA. It shows more than 99.5 percent of the newly infected are from the Omicron variant of the virus. Not only did Omicron set the record of most affected people in the US but also got more than three times the number of infections than any other Variant of COVID-19 in the US. According to reports, the USA reported 800,000 new cases of the infection by the middle of the month January. Omicron achieved these numbers in a mere time period of two months.
Things you should know about Omicron:-
• The variant of omicron moves very fast. It can have very widespread through the people.
• It has a very low incubation period. It means the virus develops very fast after showing symptoms.
• It is the most infectious kind of virus and its reach can get high.
• The omicron variant seems to cause a less harmful disease than the other variants
•Since the incubation period for the virus is less, hence it happens sometimes that before it can be identified it becomes ready to transmit.
• It is now set as a new rule that now people may only isolate themselves for 5 days if fever is resolved along with other symptoms. It is due to most of the recent cases being cases of omicron.
Are there chances of pandemic conditions getting steady?
Although omicron turns out to be a milder version of the virus still its large scale is hampering people’s day-to-day life.
Dr. Hans Kluge (Director, World Organization’s Europe region) pointed out that it would not be safe for countries to be at ease against the virus and give easy relaxations so early because there are still many unvaccinated individuals. He also mentioned that due to omicron’s rise there is a chance of a stable and normal lifestyle returning in the future.
Is there truth in Dr. Hans Kluge’s words?
To be true these ideologies are nearly the same as what other people from the World Health Organization and other leading organizations in the world had put forward. Dr. Kluge also mentioned that Europe can handle this pandemic situation better than the USA at this moment because of a higher percentage of vaccinated individuals and easier availability of antiviral pills in Europe than in other parts of the world. There was some truth in his words.
Possibilities
- The rapid spread and the comparatively low death rate means people would have some immunity left by the time things get fixed.
- If rates of vaccinated individuals can be increased then it will be easier to handle the pandemic situations with lesser restrictions.
- The antiviral pills are a big ray of hope towards conditions getting steady.
- Researches prove omicron is a less harmful variant of the COVID-19 virus but still it requires some protection for a better near future.
- One of the negative possibility is that a new COVID-19 variant can arrive, if only more deadly then there is a thing more to worry about .
- It is also possible that the protection taken against different variants of the virus may not work on the possible new variant.
Conclusion
We are all-seeing hopes of a better tomorrow during this pandemic and times of COVID-19 waves. All of this is possible with more vaccinations and simple yet better protection from the virus. If every individual uses masks and sanitizers properly the future would already be full of chances that the pandemic conditions get steady.
