People getting mad at Biden for saying the pandemic is done, yet he's not exactly wrong. Covid very quickly entering the endemic state would mean the pandemic is over, but covid is still here. Endemic means it's here to STAY... We live with it, it follows predictable patterns, and we get a (possibly) yearly shot, that adjusts and adapts as the virus evolves... Endemic vs pandemic, because we can box it in as it evolves, and it's no longer running rampant outside a predictable model... Endemic.
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That's not to say it's not harmful, dangerous, or to be taken lightly... But endemic means that it's something we're stuck with, but in a very different way than we were in a pandemic state.