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Is the Covid pandemic over?

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WrinklesShminkles · 05/05/2023 15:36

Can anyone translate this from the World Health organisation?

Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (who.int)

Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

The WHO Director-General has the pleasure of transmitting the Report of the fourteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic, held on Friday 27 Januar...

https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2023-statement-on-the-fifteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic

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wildinthecountry · 05/05/2023 15:40

I don't know but I had a spring booster yesterday 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Fandabedodgy · 05/05/2023 15:43

Its over in the sense that it is no longer a public health emergency.

MayBeeJuneSoon · 05/05/2023 15:46

Yes!!!

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UnmentionedElephantDildo · 05/05/2023 15:48

No longer a health emergency officially.

however the excess deaths figures for this year are concerning, as is the rise of sickness absences from the workplace.

But people don't want to talk about the continuing impact (funny that)

Motheranddaughter · 05/05/2023 15:48

It is in my house

SunnySaturdayMorning · 05/05/2023 15:51

Yep. It’s been over a long time, some people just refuse to accept it.

Hbh17 · 05/05/2023 15:54

Yes!

MayBeeJuneSoon · 05/05/2023 15:54

Yep! No more drama!

Beezknees · 05/05/2023 15:56

Motheranddaughter · 05/05/2023 15:48

It is in my house

Been over in my house since the last lockdown ended!

x2boys · 05/05/2023 15:57

Have he WHO,declared it officially over?
Realistically we hadn't had any restrictions in a long time and most people are living their lives as normal ,so for most people it's been over for ages

Ivebeenframed · 05/05/2023 15:59

It hasn't gone away, but it's no longer a major threat. We just have to live with it and those who choose to can have yearly vaccinations like we do with the flu.

CaptainMyCaptain · 05/05/2023 16:00

It's not over my daughter and family have had it recently. There are still people in hospital with it although some came in for other reasons and were tested there. Over 75s and the immunosuppressed are being vaccinated now and over 65s will be eligible for an Autumn booster.

It's not over but it's less serious.

TooOldForThisNonsense · 05/05/2023 16:04

CaptainMyCaptain · 05/05/2023 16:00

It's not over my daughter and family have had it recently. There are still people in hospital with it although some came in for other reasons and were tested there. Over 75s and the immunosuppressed are being vaccinated now and over 65s will be eligible for an Autumn booster.

It's not over but it's less serious.

Well it’s never going to be “over” in that sense. The question though is whether the pandemic is, not the illness itself. I had it a
month ago myself.

x2boys · 05/05/2023 16:05

CaptainMyCaptain · 05/05/2023 16:00

It's not over my daughter and family have had it recently. There are still people in hospital with it although some came in for other reasons and were tested there. Over 75s and the immunosuppressed are being vaccinated now and over 65s will be eligible for an Autumn booster.

It's not over but it's less serious.

Covid,itself will never be over and I imagine we will continue to have surge,s for some time it's seas affected some people more than others resulting in hospitalization and in some cases. Sadly death
But I think he pandemic at least in the UK is over?

1dayatatime · 05/05/2023 16:05

Whilst Covid itself maybe over the impact of the measures taken against it will be with us for a very very long time:
£450 billion of extra Government debt that fuelled inflation and now means there is no money left for nurses or teachers.
A generation of children whose education has been impacted.
Missed cancer and heart disease diagnosis (cardiovascular deaths are at a record high)

Etc etc

I believed at the time and continue to believe that the economic impact and excess deaths associated with the Covid measures will cause more damage & deaths than the disease itself.

Eventually history will look back on the Covid pandemic as an episode of self harm, global mass hysteria and mass panic.

Original poster
WrinklesShminkles · 05/05/2023 16:10

Consensus seems to be that it is then, bar the shouting. Excellent - fuck off covid pandemic. (Yes, I also had it recently, that's not what this post was about.)

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Oldnproud · 05/05/2023 16:15

I don't know, but OH and I currently have it for the first time. I'm pretty sure I know where I got it from, too - if you were that ignorant woman opposite me in the optician's waiting area last week who was repeatedly coughing without any attempt to cover your mouth, thanks a million!!!

FadedRed · 05/05/2023 16:16

It’s the terminology used in healthcare:
Basic definitions:

  • AN EPIDEMIC is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region.
  • A PANDEMIC is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents.
  • ENDEMIC is something that belongs to a particular people or country.
  • AN OUTBREAK is a greater-than-anticipated increase in the number of endemic cases. It can also be a single case in a new area. If it’s not quickly controlled, an outbreak can become an epidemic.
Roselilly36 · 05/05/2023 16:27

1dayatatime · 05/05/2023 16:05

Whilst Covid itself maybe over the impact of the measures taken against it will be with us for a very very long time:
£450 billion of extra Government debt that fuelled inflation and now means there is no money left for nurses or teachers.
A generation of children whose education has been impacted.
Missed cancer and heart disease diagnosis (cardiovascular deaths are at a record high)

Etc etc

I believed at the time and continue to believe that the economic impact and excess deaths associated with the Covid measures will cause more damage & deaths than the disease itself.

Eventually history will look back on the Covid pandemic as an episode of self harm, global mass hysteria and mass panic.

100% agree.

x2boys · 05/05/2023 16:32

Oldnproud · 05/05/2023 16:15

I don't know, but OH and I currently have it for the first time. I'm pretty sure I know where I got it from, too - if you were that ignorant woman opposite me in the optician's waiting area last week who was repeatedly coughing without any attempt to cover your mouth, thanks a million!!!

Covid,is always going be around, but I think the pandemic for the most part is over at least in the uk.

justasking111 · 05/05/2023 16:33

1dayatatime · 05/05/2023 16:05

Whilst Covid itself maybe over the impact of the measures taken against it will be with us for a very very long time:
£450 billion of extra Government debt that fuelled inflation and now means there is no money left for nurses or teachers.
A generation of children whose education has been impacted.
Missed cancer and heart disease diagnosis (cardiovascular deaths are at a record high)

Etc etc

I believed at the time and continue to believe that the economic impact and excess deaths associated with the Covid measures will cause more damage & deaths than the disease itself.

Eventually history will look back on the Covid pandemic as an episode of self harm, global mass hysteria and mass panic.

Agreed society has changed too the official statistics say it's under control

Is the Covid pandemic over?
shivawn · 05/05/2023 16:34

Yes, things are back to normal and thank goodness for that.

DarkForces · 05/05/2023 16:37

1dayatatime · 05/05/2023 16:05

Whilst Covid itself maybe over the impact of the measures taken against it will be with us for a very very long time:
£450 billion of extra Government debt that fuelled inflation and now means there is no money left for nurses or teachers.
A generation of children whose education has been impacted.
Missed cancer and heart disease diagnosis (cardiovascular deaths are at a record high)

Etc etc

I believed at the time and continue to believe that the economic impact and excess deaths associated with the Covid measures will cause more damage & deaths than the disease itself.

Eventually history will look back on the Covid pandemic as an episode of self harm, global mass hysteria and mass panic.

Completely agree. I suspect we're at the start of discovering the damage inflicted by our response

Mariposista · 05/05/2023 16:39

Beezknees · 05/05/2023 15:56

Been over in my house since the last lockdown ended!

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UnmentionedElephantDildo · 05/05/2023 17:56

cardiovascular deaths are at a record high

Yes, covid has a huge impact on the cardiovascular system.