When Will the COVID-19 Pandemic End? Maybe in 2023.
- The US hasn’t vaccinated enough people to stop the Delta variant from spreading.
- It’s possible that by 2023 things might feel safer again, but only if more people get vaccinated.
- Insider spoke with experts who said we need to better manage expectations for what’s ahead.
After more than 18 months of living with COVID-19, everyone’s exhausted.
The Delta coronavirus variant is by some estimates a thousand times as infectious as previous versions of the virus, which means masks are back (even for the vaccinated, in many places). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stressing that “the war has changed” and not for the better.
But conversations with half a dozen of America’s leading experts on COVID-19 make it clear we still shouldn’t feel defeated.
Right now, we are the tortoise in the middle of a critical race against the virus, which appears to have