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    It’s a big mistake to think pandemic is over, despite recent good news, experts say

    LOS ANGELES — So how much longer will the pandemic last? No one is sure. Coronavirus cases are falling, but it would be a mistake to think the pandemic is over, experts say. The last decline in cases means that we’re likely turning to a period of calm in this pandemic, representing a “containment” of the coronavirus, but “that is not the same as the pandemic being over,” Dr. Eric Topol, ...
    by Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money, Los Angeles Times Feb 22, 2022 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES — So how much longer will the pandemic last?

    No one is sure. Coronavirus cases are falling, but it would be a mistake to think the pandemic is over, experts say.

    The last decline in cases means that we’re likely turning to a period of calm in this pandemic, representing a “containment” of the coronavirus, but “that is not the same as the pandemic being over,” Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, wrote in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times this week.

    “Unfortunately, when states or countries proclaim that we just need to live with the virus and end all restrictions, many people interpret that message as meaning the pandemic is actually over — for good,” Topol said.

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