Today, three years and 100 days after the Trump administration declared the coronavirus a public health emergency, the Biden administration will allow the emergency declaration to expire, ushering in a new era when the government will treat covid-19 like any other respiratory ailment.
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The coronavirus public health emergency, declared by the Trump administration in 2020, will expire on Thursday. Interviews with senior health officials suggest the nation is not ready for a new pandemic.
While the U.S. has greatly improved its capacity to fight COVID-19, it is not fully prepared for a radically different future variant or a new pandemic.