{"id":5574,"date":"2023-12-19T19:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T01:51:05","slug":"4-big-covid-predictions-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/12\/19\/4-big-covid-predictions-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Big COVID Predictions for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/It\u2019s been about four years since COVID-19 was first identified, and in that time, much has changed, including the virus itself. We now have pills that can treat it and at-home tests that can identify an infection. We also have vaccines that have been updated to better match versions of the virus that are currently circulating.\">AARP<\/a> It\u2019s been about four years since COVID-19 was first identified, and in that time, much has changed, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/conditions-treatments\/info-2023\/new-covid-variants-and-holidays.html\">the virus itself<\/a>. We now have pills that can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/drugs-supplements\/info-2023\/paxlovid-covid-treatment-side-effects.html\">treat it<\/a>\u00a0and at-home tests that can identify an infection. We also have vaccines that have been updated to better match versions of the virus that are currently circulating. Despite these achievements, COVID-19 is still with us \u2014 and will be for some time, health experts say. Here\u2019s what we can expect as we head into our fifth year with COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. COVID probably won\u2019t settle into a predictable patte\ufeffrn<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The cold-weather months are synonymous with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/conditions-treatments\/info-2022\/covid-flu-or-cold-symptoms.html\">respiratory viruses<\/a>. But unlike flu and RSV \u2014 where activity picks up in the fall and winter and peters off in the spring and summer \u2014 COVID-19 doesn\u2019t have a set season. Waves hit in the winter, spring, summer and fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While COVID could settle into a more predictable pattern in the future, that likely won\u2019t happen in 2024, says Robert Murphy, M.D., an infectious disease expert and executive director of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCOVID is different,\u201d Murphy says. \u201cIt is its own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it did turn into a fall and winter virus, says Andrew Pekosz, a professor of microbiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, that could be helpful for a few reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/conditions-treatments\/info-2023\/covid-2024-predictions.html\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\" k oPiXPyHK OY\"> k oPiXPyHK OY<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AARP It\u2019s been about four years since COVID-19 was first identified, and in that time, much has changed, including\u00a0the virus itself. We now have pills that can\u00a0treat it\u00a0and at-home tests that can identify an infection. We also have vaccines that have been updated to better match versions of the virus that are currently circulating. 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