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Gates also expects the wave to last three months in the United States. Read More. Bill Gates: How we can close the vaccine gap much faster next time. More than 69, Covid patients were in US hospitals on Wednesday -- a number that's been trending up since it dipped to around 45, on November 8, according to Health and Human Services Department data. He said in a CNN opinion story in October that the gap will get harder to close, because the world's richer governments are buying up extra doses to serve as booster shots.

If this is indeed eventually proven to be true—that Omicron is more transmissible, yet less severe in its disease process—then perhaps Gates and public health experts are onto something significant. Indeed, if coronavirus ends up as such, it may potentially become just another seasonal respiratory illness. Unequivocally, vaccine manufacturers are confident that routine booster shots for Covid coronavirus will likely become the new norm moving forward for continued protection, just as the seasonal flu shot is recommended every year by public health experts.

Indeed, only time will tell if the Covid coronavirus will become more docile in the coming months and years. However, after the immense suffering and devastation experienced over the last two years, the world is hopeful for better days ahead. This is a BETA experience. Science Health. Related Stories.

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