Experts: The COVID Emergency is Over

Appearing on CNBC, Gottlieb, who sits on the board at Pfizer, said there are already indications cases are declining despite the current pressure on hospitals. From a patient standpoint, he said the situation is going to get worse before it gets better “even as new cases start to decline on the day over days basis. He continued, saying, “By September, hopefully, you’ll see the other side of the curve in the South very clearly.” Noting that he expects the spread of the Delta variant to remain noteworthy in the weeks ahead, he added:

“You’re going to see the Delta wave course through probably between late September through October. Hopefully, we’ll be on the other side of it or coming on the other side of it sometime in November, and we won’t see a big surge of infection after this on the other side of this Delta wave.” -- More...

"We are transitioning from this being a pandemic to being more of an endemic virus at least here in the United States," says @ScottGottliebMD. "It's not a binary point in time, but I think after we get through this delta wave this is going to become more of an endemic illness." pic.twitter.com/lDVl2NofNm

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) August 13, 2021