Ford should be pilloried for eliminating wastewater surveillance. But the notion we aren’t post-pandemic in a meaningful way is nonsense. The very fact that viral counts are as high but excess deaths have dropped almost to zero is a *good* thing. Vaccines work. Flattening the curve worked.
I’m not denying long Covid but many viruses can have long term effects and countless people suffered from them before and after Covid. We need better air quality and surveillance but pretending nothing has improved is counterproductive.
People are getting covid multiple times a year, where other viruses with long term impacts like flu are like once a decade. There is still tremendous burden and sickness from covid well beyond just the death chart.
