President Biden said late Sunday that COVID-19 remains a challenge, but he thinks the pandemic stage is over.
“The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. It’s — but the pandemic is over,” Mr. Biden said in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
Mr. Biden’s comments are part of a shift from treating the coronavirus as a manageable threat instead of a hair-on-fire crisis.
Roughly 30,000 people are hospitalized for the virus in the U.S., a low level compared to the rest of the crisis, which began in early 2020.