Is The U.S. About To Hit Its Omicron Peak In The Coming Weeks?

 

Daily Mail: Even Fauci thinks the end is in sight! COVID tsar predicts almost all of US will have hit Omicron peak within WEEKS as early tri-state epicenters see infections plunge by up to 64% 

* The level of Covid infections could become manageable by mid-February, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday

* It could reach 'such a low level that it's essentially integrated into the general respiratory infections that we have learned to live with,' he said 

* His optimistic commentary was paired with sharply declining infection rates in states hit earliest - and hardest - by the super contagious Omicron variant 

* New York has recorded a 65 percent decrease since January 9 and in New Jersey, infections plunged 68 percent during the same timeframe 

* However, Covid-related deaths were up 71 percent in both states 

The nation's top infectious disease specialist says Omicron cases will likely start dropping throughout the nation by mid-February as the hardest-hit cities experience infection rate dips of up to 64 percent. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US will likely start to 'see a turnaround' in cases and hospitalizations as the highly-contagious variant begins to slow - and that it could signal a gradual return to normal. 

'We would hope that as we get into the next weeks or month, we will see throughout the entire country, the level of infection get to below what I call the 'area of control,' the famously gloomy White House COVID expert told ABC's This Week on Sunday.  

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