Former FDA commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb said on Friday that he believes the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. will end by January
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He heralded antiviral pills developed by Pfizer and Merck, which, when approved by the FDA, will be new tools to fight the pandemic
Gottlieb also said that in the next two months he expects COVID-19 to become an endemic disease – meaning always circulating but at low rates
He adds, by next year, the U.S. won’t need Biden’s mandate requiring companies with at least 100 employees to get workers vaccinated or test them weekly