Experts Warn Omicron Surge May Peak Soon

When volition this existent COVID-19 surge end?

The omicron variant surge has radical each implicit the state asking that question.

Pop up COVID-19 investigating sites person been appearing each implicit the Bay Area, a antithetic metropolis each day.

There was a ample enactment that stretched retired the doorway astatine the Milpitas Sports Complex Friday, but it moved accelerated arsenic hundreds of anxious radical waited to get tested.

“It didn’t instrumentality excessively long. Only similar infinitesimal oregon 2 to get here,” said South Bay nonmigratory Rosalie Savella.

Many doctors judge the extremity of the omicron variant is near.

“I deliberation it volition highest adjacent week oregon the week after, and I deliberation we’ll beryllium retired of this by aboriginal February,” said UCSF epidemiology prof Dr. George Rutherford.

Most epidemiologists we’ve spoken to, agree. They’ve been studying the trends successful South Africa and successful Europe.

“In London, cases peaked successful astir 3 weeks. And they look to beryllium plateauing. So, it looks similar this happening burns done fast. But past comes down fast,” said Dr. Bob Watcher, seat of UCSF’s Department of Medicine.

But doctors said that it’s not a substance of if, but erstwhile the adjacent variant arrives.

Wachter added that the champion script is if they’re mutations of omicron, which would marque them easier to fight. Worst case, a full caller strain that’s vaccine resistant.

“We support an oculus what happening astir the world. We support a lookout,” Wachter said.

For now, Morgahn Taylor said she volition survey for her adjacent exam, aft this test.

Even with each the dangers, stress, and fatigue, she inactive wants to beryllium nurse.

“I do. At the extremity of the day, idiosyncratic needs nurses, and we’re each present to prevention lives. If nary 1 wants to beryllium a nurse, past who’s going to instrumentality attraction of everybody else?” she said.