Infection Control Today ®: So, where do we go from here, Jason? Won’t it be nice to return to a life where we can again hug loved ones without fear? If that doesn’t work, bring it down to a level that anybody can understand. He tellls infection preventionists (IPs) charged with having to convince hesitant colleagues to get the COVID-19 vaccine, to rely on the science, which is solidly on the IPs’ side. The fuel will run out with COVID-19 through some combination of vaccination and prior infection. When the fuel runs out, the wildfire dies. However, viruses are like wildfires, says Tetro. The United States might have to deal with waves of COVID-19 in the next six months or so. That’s where COVID-19 is heading, says Tetro. The answer is no, or maybe some sporadic small outbreaks here and there. “Have you ever actually seen cases of it in the last 20 years here in North America?” Tetro asks rhetorically in an interview with Infection Control Today ®. Think about measles, says Jason Tetro, author of The Germ Code and The Germ Files, and host of the popular podcast The Super Awesome Science Show.

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