Officials Want More Guidance From the White House as Pandemic Enters Yet Another New Stage

Next month will mark the second anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, and while the public health crisis hasn’t dissipated—the United States recorded an average of 2,500 deaths a day over the past week, close to the same it was averaging this time last year—it has changed. Most Americans have been vaccinated, protecting a vast majority from COVID’s most severe outcomes. Many others have been boosted and/or previously infected, further shielding them from hospitalization and death. It’s not exclusively a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” as President Joe Biden has described it; older Americans and the immunocompromised remain at a higher risk,… Read Full Article