Rolling Stone | January 8, 2023
But the longer the pandemic grinds on, the less likely this nightmare outcome appears to be. With each diminishing wave of infections, Covid starts to look more and more like the flu: a disease we should take seriously, but not one that’s likely to end the world. “Within a few years, Covid-19 will be a background risk along with seasonal influenza,” says Lawrence Gostin, a Georgetown University global-health expert.