As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline, a new report indicates that 73% of people in the United States have immune systems that can recognize the virus and are primed to fight off the omicron variant.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington estimated that by mid-March, as many as 80% of people could be immune to the variant.

“In my opinion, come March the United States will be like European countries,” UW epidemiologist Ali Mokdad said. “No more mask mandates. We will not ask people to go and get the vaccine. … We don’t do this for the flu and we should move on.”