COVID-19 cases in the U.S. continue to rise as fall approaches. The CDC recently reported the average number of cases per day has reached over 119,000.
Medical experts say as new COVID-19 variants arrive, vaccinations will become more and more prevalent.
Epidemiology educator Dr. Thomas Duszynski of the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI said yearly vaccinations will become common - similar to the flu shot.
“Unfortunately, I think we are moving into what we call the endemic phase of Covid, where we’re just going to see cases every year,” Duszynski said.
He made his comments on Friday’s Noon Edition show on WFIU.
Duszynski says there are some concerns about how Americans will respond to getting a yearly vaccine. COVID-19 vaccinations were received with backlash by many and divided people all over the U.S.
Just under 80% of the U.S. has been vaccinated with at least one dose and just under 50% receiving the first booster according to the CDC. Duszynski says new variants continue to be discovered and new vaccinations will be made to combat them.
