We Could Have a Calmer COVID Winter, if No New Strains Develop
September 8, 2022 5:03AM CDT
FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 photo, a girl holds a sign while waiting for her cousin to arrive for a surprise Make-A-Wish announcement in Rogers, Ark. In June 2021, the Make-a-Wish Foundation is disputing what it calls a “misinformation” campaign about whether children who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 will be eligible to have their wishes granted. (Ben Goff/The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
(MISSOURINET) – We could have a manageable COVID winter this year – If we are dealing with the same group of variants we have now. State epidemiologist Nathan Koffarnus (kuh-farnus) says we are coming off of a summer surge of the milder Omicron strain – and possibly a quieter fall.
Koffarnus says cases have been on the way down, with a back-to-school bump as expected.
He says the newest booster is designed for the current COVID strains.
The state epidemiologist with the State Department of Health and Senior Services says the advantage is that the virus is not new—and more people have immunity.
