As of November 29, 2025, SARS‑CoV‑2 has not been eradicated and continues to circulate globally as an endemic respiratory virus.

• The WHO states that COVID‑19 is now in a “post‑emergency phase” but continues to circulate, cause disease, and require ongoing management, rather than being eliminated or eradicated.
• Major health authorities (e.g., CDC, WHO, and multiple peer‑reviewed reviews) now consistently describe COVID‑19 as endemic—meaning the virus continues to circulate in the population at a baseline level, with periodic surges, rather than going to and staying at zero cases.
• No credible source reports global eradication (which would require zero transmission worldwide and is only achieved for very few diseases like smallpox). Instead, surveillance data and periodic waves of infection show continuing circulation year after year.

Because the prediction was that “Covid will always be around in the background” and that we would never reach a sustained state of zero cases, and because by late 2025 COVID‑19 remains widespread and endemic rather than eradicated, the prediction is right based on current evidence.