![]() ![]() Well, the quotes from the CDC and WHO are clear.īut Bollyky says articulating the targets and goals for the ending the pandemic all along - such as how low the case and death counts would need to be to lift mask mandates or school closures - would have helped the public understand why the agencies felt that May 2023 was the right time to conclude the public health emergency. ![]() Public Health Emergency was ending because "as a nation, we now find ourselves at a different point in the pandemic – with more tools and resources than ever before to better protect ourselves and our communities."ĭid those agencies do a good job explaining themselves? In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the U.S. Last week when the World Health Organization ended its 3-plus year Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the emergency committee advising the WHO's Director General said it was time to do so because of "the decreasing trend in COVID-19 deaths, the decline in COVID-19 related hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions, and the high levels of population immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Thomas Bollyky, senior fellow for global health, economics and development at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that a public health emergency is "really designed to spur international cooperation around a public health event that is serious, sudden, unexpected and requires immediate attention."Īnd what makes this an appropriate time to end the emergency state? So remind me, what was the purpose of the emergency state? We'll be answering a sampling of questions in a follow-up FAQ. ![]() Dear readers, if you have questions about this new phase of the pandemic, write us at and put "FAQ" in the subject line. As the world enters a new phase of the pandemic, we talked to public health gurus about how to move forward since the disease appears to be here to stay even as the emergency is lifted. The FAQ series published in the Goats and Soda blog was a cornerstone of NPR pandemic coverage, touching on everything from transmission via pets ( possible but unlikely ) to whether a glass of wine after a vaccine is advisable ( seems ok ). Goats and Soda Popular COVID FAQs in 2022: Outdoor risks, boosters, 1-way masking, faint test lines ![]()
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