No, Mr President, the pandemic isn’t over


Premature declaration?: Biden told 60 Minutes that the pandemic is over but many around the world are still suffering and dying from Covid-19. – AFP

ON 60 Minutes last Sunday, President Joe Biden declared “the pandemic is over.” Well into our third year of battling Covid-19, we all wish that were true. But unfortunately, that is a fantasy right now. All the data tell us the virus is not contained. Far too many people are dying and suffering, not least in the United States. And new, worrisome variants are on the horizon.

There are 400 to 500 Americans dying of Covid-19 each day, and that high daily death toll has remained constant for the last six months. In July 2021, we were down to just over 200 deaths per day, half of where we are now. A daily toll in the hundreds is a tragedy, because most Covid deaths could have been prevented by vaccinations, boosters and early treatments.

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