Covid will 'probably' become a seasonal virus, like the flu, Walensky says
CDC officials say it's increasingly likely the coronavirus will never truly go away, instead simmering at low levels and rising in the winter.
"I do anticipate that this is probably going to be a seasonal virus," said the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky. That means it could join the flu and other respiratory viruses that tend to spread during the cold winter months.
While the CDC says 90 percent of people in the U.S. can take off their masks now, Walensky said she can't guarantee that masks will be gone forever. That means they could one day make a comeback.
"I would say put your masks in a drawer, anticipate you may need them again and hope that we don't," she said.
"We may want to be more vigilant during some seasons," Walensky said. "Maybe during respiratory season, if things ramped up, we would want to put on our masks again to protect both from flu and from Covid and from all other respiratory diseases."
Questions for Director Walensky: When was the virus ever NOT seasonal? If the masks failed to stop winter 2021 why would they stop winter 2022, ESPECIALLY against the flu, where we have real science that shows they are worthless? Finally, what size shoes do you wear? I’ve got some all picked out.
I spoke with a woman yesterday who said her whole family is "vaxxed" and they have all battled "covid". She ended the conversation by saying, "I'm scared we are all going to get sick again because they got rid of mask mandates." I was speechless after that.
I think she’s a perfect example of the Peter Principle! And yes, a dispensable useful/ useless idiot, depending on your perspective.