Morning Jolt: Is COVID-19 (Almost) Over?

On the menu today: a big roundup that examines the data and raises the possibility we've wanted to hear since March 2020. Could this last wave with the Delta variant be the last significant wave of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the U.S.? Is the coronavirus pandemic now, if not quite over, close to being over?

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Now Finally in the Rear-View Mirror?

As recently as mid September — 21 months after the first cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. — Americans looked at the more than 150,000 diagnosed new cases of COVID-19 per day and wondered if the pandemic's grip on our society would ever loosen. Even worse, the seven-day moving average of daily deaths hit 1,829 — far from the worst peak in January, at 3,646, but still really high, particularly for a country that had rolled out vaccinations in December.

And yet, today, the Delta wave has passed through the South, working ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 19 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 19 2021 Is COVID-19 (Almost) Over? On the menu today: a big roundup that examines the data and raises the possibility we've wanted to hear since March 2020. Could this last wave with the Delta variant be the last significant wave of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the U.S.? Is the coronavirus pandemic now, if not quite over, close to being over? Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Now Finally in the Rear-View Mirror? As recently as mid September — 21 months after the first cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. — Americans looked at the more than 150,000 diagnosed new cases of COVID-19 per day and wondered if the pandemic's grip on our society would ever loosen. Even worse, the seven-day moving average of daily deaths hit 1,829 — far from the worst peak in January, at 3,646, but still really high, particularly for a country that had rolled out vaccinations in December. And yet, today, the Delta wave has passed through the South, working ...   READ MORE

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