Will the Pandemic Really End Next Year? What Experts Think

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  • Plenty of people are making predictions about when the COVID-19 pandemic may end or significantly be reduced.
  • According to recent mathematical modeling, the Delta variant is peaking, and cases should steadily decline through the winter.
  • We talked with experts about what they’re expecting in the next year.

As we near the 2-year mark for the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, experts are offering predictions on how the situation might change going into 2022.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview with CNN that we could start having some control over the pandemic come spring, while Moderna’s CEO, Stéphane Bancel, thinks the pandemic could be over in a year.

And, according to recent mathematical modeling, the Delta variant is peaking, and cases should steadily decline through the winter.

Healthline asked experts to weigh in on how likely these predictions are, and what they think it will take to get past the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: healthline