Taking stock as America moves into a new phase of the pandemic
Planning for the future should involve a frank look at the country’s poor performance over the past two years
TWO YEARS ago on March 11th, the World Health Organisation declared covid-19 a pandemic. Americans are eager to leave the wretchedness behind them. Some are so anxious that they are driving trucks along the Beltway around Washington, DC, hoping to slow traffic in protest against pandemic restrictions, inspired by disruption in Canada last month. The “People’s Convoy” looks strangely out of touch—not because the truckers are alone in their desire to put covid restrictions in the rear-view mirror, but because so many restrictions have already been falling away.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Must do better”
United States March 12th 2022
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