With health officials saying a winter spike in COVID-19 cases is possible, the Biden administration this week extended the COVID-19 public health emergency to Jan. 11, 2023.
Oct. 15, 2022 --
COVID is easing statistically, with case counts, deaths, and hospitalizations dropping. About a month ago, President Biden went on “60 Minutes” and said, “the pandemic is over.” “We were going in the right direction in the summer of 2021, and along came Delta,” Anthony Fauci, MD, White House medical advisor, said during afor the University of Southern California’s Annenberg’s Center for Health Journalism. “Then in the winter, along came Omicron. And since then, we’ve had sublineages of Omicron.”
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