From pandemic to endemic

THE transition cannot be defined as a specific point in time, but we are definitely moving toward a post-pandemic phase. In the Philippines, mask wearing has become optional, and, in any case, largely performative.

Christmas parties are back, and I was so glad to physically meet my colleagues in UP Diliman’s Department of Anthropology after over two years of Zoom meetings. Schools are finally reopening in full, and I’m looking forward to teaching Medical Anthropology face-to-face to our undergraduates next semester.