Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? President Biden’s reply is sure no sure no. The newest instance of politically handy pandemic schizophrenia got here Thursday when the Division of Well being and Human Companies once more prolonged the official public-health emergency, this time by way of January.
“The pandemic is over,” Mr. Biden informed CBS’s “60 Minutes” solely three weeks in the past. “We nonetheless have an issue with Covid. We’re nonetheless doing quite a lot of work on it. However the pandemic is over.” To not get all philosophical, however how can one thing be an emergency if it has already ended? The HHS assertion this week says “a public well being emergency exists and has existed since January 27, 2020, nationwide.”
