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Eric Topol Jul 18, 2023

No, Covid is not an ordinary illness.
https://nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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A Positive Covid Milestone

In a sign that the pandemic really is over, the total number of Americans dying each day is no longer historically abnormal.

The New York Times

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David Anson

@erictopol Using that NYT chart to claim the pandemic is over because the line went to zero seams utterly nonsensical because that same line on that same chart already went to zero *twice* before - and then rebounded back. Without an explanation for why this time will be different, I just don’t get it.