Michael Barbella, Managing Editor11.15.22
The end is within sight.
After 30 long months of lockdowns, lost work, disrupted routines, vaccinations, booster shots, and social isolation, the COVID-19 finish line loomed large on the horizon this year.
“We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ph.D., declared at a mid-September press conference. “We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.”
Ghebreyesus’ proclamation was welcome news to the billions of inhabitants who have spent the last two and a half years struggling to tread water amid the ambiguity of a pandemic. For much of that period, it seemed the world had entered a cruel “Groundhog Day” time loop, interminably reliving the same story without hope for resolution.
That time loop finally broke this year as humankind made significant headway in its fight against the deadly coronavirus. Vaccines and booster shots improved mortality rates, relieving the strain on hospitals; face masks become optional in many places as infection rates declined, enabling friends, families, and co-workers to reconnect with
After 30 long months of lockdowns, lost work, disrupted routines, vaccinations, booster shots, and social isolation, the COVID-19 finish line loomed large on the horizon this year.
“We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ph.D., declared at a mid-September press conference. “We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.”
Ghebreyesus’ proclamation was welcome news to the billions of inhabitants who have spent the last two and a half years struggling to tread water amid the ambiguity of a pandemic. For much of that period, it seemed the world had entered a cruel “Groundhog Day” time loop, interminably reliving the same story without hope for resolution.
That time loop finally broke this year as humankind made significant headway in its fight against the deadly coronavirus. Vaccines and booster shots improved mortality rates, relieving the strain on hospitals; face masks become optional in many places as infection rates declined, enabling friends, families, and co-workers to reconnect with
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