We at Daily Kos were prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic from the very start thanks to comprehensive and relentless coverage by https://twitter.com/Devilstower (Mark Sumner). He wrote his https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913528/-Wuhan-virus-shows-the-absolute-necessity-and-difficulty-of-controlling-emerging-diseases (first story) on the emerging pandemic on Jan. 23, 2020, and has since written 382 additional stories, including https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/30/2066821/-Omicron-update-Among-a-sea-of-concerns-there-s-one-hopeful-sign (a recent update) on the omicron variant. Today, Mark joins me and Cara Zelaya to talk about the evolving face of the pandemic and why we can’t allow COVID-19 to become endemic.