Who gets to stop thinking about the pandemic

Published: March 11, 2022, 10:41 p.m.

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Two years in, many Americans are ready to leave the pandemic behind. But some people don\\u2019t have that luxury \\u2014 like the immunocompromised, parents of small children and covid \\u201clong-haulers.\\u201d Today on the show, what it means to \\u201clive with covid.\\u201d


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It\\u2019s been two years since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Today on Post Reports, we take stock of how far we\\u2019ve come \\u2026 and how far we still have to go.


For many around the country, the pandemic is starting to feel like a thing of the past. In red and blue states alike, masks are coming off and vaccine requirements are relaxing. But for some \\u2014 including the immunocompromised and parents of young kids \\u2014 the pandemic is far from over.


Health reporter Fenit Nirappil explains what it means for the virus to become endemic, and how the United States is looking to return to normalcy after two years of covid-19 mitigation efforts. 


Meanwhile, potentially hundreds of thousands of people are experiencing symptoms of long covid, months \\u2014 or even years \\u2014 after they were first exposed. And as the world tries to move on, they\\u2019re trying not to fall through the gaps in the social safety net. 


Business reporter Chris Rowland talks about the covid \\u201clong-haulers\\u201d struggling to get the disability benefits they \\u2014 and their doctors \\u2014think they\\u2019re due. 

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