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“ENDEMIC: STRATEGIES FOR LIVING WITH COVID-19”

The preferred endgame is an endemic, in which Covid-19 will not be entirely eliminated, but

its ability to overturn societies and livelihoods will be dramatically reduced. Shifting to a

‘booster’ approach to protecting core groups is the next step; in effect rolling COVID-19 into

the four ‘common cold’ Coronaviruses that historically infected humans and tackling every

one of its variants with amended vaccines, to keep a step ahead. While continued preparation

is needed, its sheer impact ought to be reduced overall. In effect, we need to knock the

‘novel’ out of COVID-19 and render it no longer new, both to our individual immune

systems, and our society (Placeholder1) (Estrada, Levasseur and Maxim). The shift from

pandemic to endemic is not just logistical; it is profoundly psychological. Societies around

the world have spent the better part of 2 years learning virus management protocols; now

however they need unlearn them to get beyond the paradigm. This means ‘unlearning a year

of messaging that said COVID-19 was not just a flu’, rebooting our trust in public health

policy, and coming to terms with the sheer implications of shifting from a pandemic to an

endemic (Placeholder2) (Blancolella, Colona and Mehrian-Shai).

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SARS-CoV-2 (a) is likely to ultimately become endemic and continue circulating among the

human population as a common cold virus. Indeed, several countries are already considering

implementing ‘living with COVID-19’ policies. However, the path to an endemic phase in

terms of its duration and public health impact is likely to be highly variable, depending on

multiple parameters such as vaccination rates, levels of immunity, transmission rates, and

emergence of new variants (Wei, Tan and Cook) 1.

Strategies Maintain Regular health Avoid getting Avoid mass

healthy diet check-ups stressed gathering

Consumer Health check- Stay positive & Avoid being in

healthy meal ups mindful the crowded

place

Boost immune Run COVID-19 Spend quality Ensure proper

systems test (PCR & time ventilation

RTK)

Table 1: Strategies and Suggestion

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19
(coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously
had a provisional name, 2019 novel coronavirus (2029-nCoV), and has also been called human coronavirus 2019 (HCoV-19
or hCoV-19).

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