COVID Still Is Not Over

From The Guardian: "Is Covid really over? WHO’s announcement sounds more like surrender than victory."

Observer Science Editor Robin McKie writes, "Most researchers welcomed the decision because it reflects the fact that the acute phase of the Covid-19 outbreak is now over. At its peak, in January 2021, the global death rate reached more than 100,000 people a week. Last week it had dropped to about 3,500.

"However, health officials and scientists also pointed out that immunity to the disease remains short-lived, while there has been considerable slackening in restrictions previously imposed to prevent people from infecting each other. Future waves of infections are therefore inevitable, they warned."

So get vaccinated, and don't throw that mask away just yet.