Not looking forward to this winter. > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:47:17 -0700 (PDT) > > https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/19/covid-is-the-pandemic-over-president-biden-said-so-what-do-medical-experts-say/ > > “We’re still in a pandemic by any clear definition of it, but we’ve > chosen not to respond to it psychologically and in the way we live > our daily lives,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor > emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at UC ’s > School of Public Health. > > “The pandemic in people’s minds, if not epidemiologists’ > definitions, means that the world has stopped to deal with this,” he > said. “Our society isn’t turned upside down trying to deal with it > (anymore). So I think this is a political and psychological take on > the pandemic, as opposed to an epidemiological one.” > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2022, heather Howard wrote: > > Frankly, the crazy politicization of disease and science has left me very > > confused.