Twenty-three long months after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in South Carolina, there\u2019s reason to hope the current surge of the pandemic may be shorter-lived than previous waves. <\/p>\n
While omicron continues to ravage the state, an epidemiologist with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control acknowledged this week South Carolina may soon be turning a corner. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have begun seeing some incremental decreases in the counts and rates of cases during the surge,\u201d said Brannon Traxler, with DHEC. \u201cWhile numbers of cases have still been increasing, they\u2019ve been increasing at a lesser rate over the last couple of weeks or so. This is certainly promising.\u201d <\/p>\n
Even so, she said, \u201cit may be too early to say that we\u2019ve peaked or are nearing the end of the surge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Google Trends, the use of search terms such as "endemic" and "end of pandemic" have risen sharply this past month. <\/p>\n Everyone is clearly ready for this thing to be over. Experts say that doesn't mean it is.https:\/\/t.co\/4wWeBhqtbd<\/a><\/p>\n — The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) January 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n