Which means measures like social distancing and masking have additionally relaxed, however the COVID pandemic is not over.
“Thank heavens, most of them do have much less extreme illness. We nonetheless have individuals on ventilators, and we’re nonetheless seeing individuals die each week of this illness,” stated Memorial Hermann Hospital Infectious Illness Specialist Dr. Linda Yancey.
In Harris County, about 72% of individuals have had at the least one COVID vaccine dose.
“The funding that Congress handed to supply COVID vaccines is about to expire, which suggests we’re operating out of free COVID vaccines, so now could be the time to go and get that vaccine if you wish to get it without cost,” Yancy stated. “The issue is that we aren’t going to know that is over till a couple of yr after it has ended as a result of there might all the time be one other wave across the nook.”
The priority is what occurs after the virus. COVID may cause long-term injury to the lungs, kidneys, mind or coronary heart, based on Yancy.
Some medical doctors say “lengthy haul sufferers” did not notice they’d been by COVID earlier than experiencing lengthy haul signs.
“It’s extremely troublesome to tease out if these signs are secondary to COVID or different illnesses that may trigger post-infectious fatigue syndromes,” Yancey defined. “Folks have very dangerous, life-changing results. Individuals who can’t focus can’t stand for greater than an hour at a time, and it appears very random who will get it and who does not. Generally individuals who have had very delicate illness will find yourself with very extreme lengthy COVID.”
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