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.
I'm not mad at him for saying it, but I am annoyed. I read something not too long ago that mentioned how covid should be toned down while Dems campaign. Saying it's over bc it's true (I don't think it is), and saying it to stay off topic for politics are two different things. It's especially dangerous for the immunocompromised. People only hear words that comfort them, so people are hearing it's over and take that as it's gone, done, behind us, which is hardly the truth.
@JoyfullyDazed My older sister has a thyroid issue that leaves her immunocompromised... Our mother is a MAGA freak, and I haven't spoken to her (our mother) in years...... I'm all for people still treating covid as seriously as it is, but I do feel there needs to be a nationwide statement over pandemic vs endemic, and that it's here to stay... Sadly, money politics won't opt for that ... Because money over everything....