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What happens when Covid-19 becomes endemic?

Commuters wearing protective masks use the BTS skytrain in Bangkok. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

For months, some American and European leaders have foretold that the coronavirus pandemic would soon become endemic. Covid-19 would resolve into a disease that we learn to live with. According to several governors, it nearly has.

But we are still in the acute phase of the pandemic, and what endemic Covid-19 might look like remains a mystery. Endemic diseases can take many forms, and we do not know yet where this disease will fall among them.

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