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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 year ago

The WHO never announced that the pandemic is over. People just got bored of it so they decided it was.

[-] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Not trying to be argumentative or contrarian but WHO not declaring that a pandemic is over is not really what signals the end of a pandemic (any pandemic, not just COVID). Most literature suggests that pandemics tend to end organically, once the culture(s) impacted return more or less to normal. The pandemic has been over by conventional definitions for a couple years now. That doesn't mean that COVID is less of a threat or shouldn't be taken seriously by any means. It just means that society is no longer adjusting daily life because of the threat.

[-] brianorca@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

The pandemic is over because it's now endemic.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, and I'm sorry, but I really was very bored of it.

[-] FoxBJK@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

As long as you’re willing to get vaccinated on occasion then being bored isn’t anything to feel sorry about.

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