Why Joe Biden Was Wrong to Declare the Pandemic “Over”—and Why He Was Right
SlateOn Sunday night, in an interview with 60 Minutes, President Joe Biden said that the pandemic was “over.” Slate’s science editor Shannon Palus thought that this was a completely ridiculous thing to say! COVID is still a big problem, but we’re in a different phase of the pandemic.” That would have felt accurate to me, and not so undermining of the truth, which is that the pandemic, squishy as that word may be, is still happening, according to public health folks. But I think that it will take a little bit of a political backbone to do it, and saying “Ah, we’re out of the pandemic” does not feel very backbone-y to me. The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board called Eric Topol “one of America’s leading COVID scolds” for gently suggesting that Biden’s remarks were “magical thinking.” I think that there are plenty of public health folks that are not being realistic about what they can expect people to do in the current climate and reality of the disease in terms of masking and taking precautions.
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