Human behavior will determine when the Covid-19 pandemic ends, CDC director says

posted by mike kraft on Fri, 2021-10-08 10:00

Human behavior will determine when the Covid-19 pandemic ends, CDC director says The US is making headway in its battle against Covid-19 -- with infection and hospitalization rates on the decline after a surge fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant. Aya Elamroussi and Mallika Kallingal, CNN CNN

CNN)The US is making headway in its battle against Covid-19 -- with infection and hospitalization rates on the decline after a surge fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

But, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday, human behavior will ultimately determine how and when the pandemic ends.

"We have a lot of the science right now. We have vaccines, and what we can't really predict is human behavior. Human behavior in this pandemic hasn't served us very well," she said.

There are still pockets of unvaccinated people in the US who are not protected. "The virus isn't stupid. It's going to go there," Walensky added. ...

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