It’s Time to UN-Learn Our Years of Fear About Covid Today

New York Times today repeats the news we need to hear. The pandemic is over.

April 19, 2022
by David Leonhardt, for the New York Times

Good morning. Coronavirus cases have risen in major cities. Hospitalizations have not.

‘Big screaming headlines’

A couple of weeks ago, the news was full of stories about high-profile people contracting Covid-19. The list included Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, other members of Congress (like Joaquin Castro, Susan Collins, Adam Schiff and Raphael Warnock), New York Mayor Eric Adams and several Broadway stars (like Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and Daniel Craig).

Some of these infected celebrities were not exactly young. Collins and Garland are both 69. Pelosi is 82.

So far, however, none of their cases appears to be severe. As David Weigel, a Washington Post reporter, noted yesterday:

These anecdotes are part of a trend. In several places where the number of cases has risen in recent weeks, hospitalizations have stayed flat. (In past Covid waves, by contrast, hospitalizations began rising about a week after cases did.)

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Posted: to General News on Tue, Apr 19, 2022
Updated: Thu, Apr 2, 2026