“How did ‘endemic’ — the term used in infectious disease to describe our relentless struggle in the relationship with our greatest scourges of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria — come to be re-appropriated to mean some form of victory over COVID-19? If we now meet the COVID challenge poorly and throw in the towel, historians may puzzle over our ineptitude for centuries to come.”

nature.com/articles/s41590-022

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I also read that this morning and started to comment on it....I had a whole thing about how depressing I found it....and then deleted it. I just can't.

"We just need the resources to fight this next battle."

OK, well, you don't have them, so what's your next plan?

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