This year we kill it: Corona Virus Thread Mark II

[sihnfahl]

Is that 40 % received both doses ?

No, just single dose. 26% of the US has gotten both, so around 86 million people.

65% of the 65+ age group is fully vaccinated, with about 80% having at least one dose.

[Strigon]

If ever. Vaccine hesitation plus delivery access may make it endemic in some regions, like polio is.

And also depends on mutations that reduce vaccine efficacy that develop in unvaccinated areas.

The question was when the pandemic would end, not when COVID would stop circulating.
It may well become endemic to some locations, but that doesn't constitute a pandemic.

[sihnfahl]

The question was when the pandemic would end, not when COVID would stop circulating.
It may well become endemic to some locations, but that doesn't constitute a pandemic.

Depending on the location, the mutations in the endemic regions could allow it to return to pandemic status.

That's my concern.