Biden’s Comments About Pandemic Widen Public Health Split Over How U.S. Should Respond to COVID-19

Even as the U.S. prepares for a potential winter surge of COVID-19, President Biden’s recent interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” remarked that “the pandemic is over.” Biden’s declaration has created another split-screen moment in efforts to bring COVID-19 to heel. Some public health experts worry that political motives are driving the President’s desire to declare the pandemic over, rather than protection of the public’s health. Others say the president is right and the acute phase of the pandemic is over, even as the country continues to deal with a high burden of disease. One problem that contributes to the confusion is that the definition of a ‘pandemic’ is squishy. Read more from CNN here.