Covid has settled into a persistent pattern — and remains damaging. It may not change anytime soon

Covid has settled into a persistent pattern — and remains damaging. It may not change anytime soon Our tussle with Covid-19 — after a harrowing introduction and then wave upon wave of infections — seems to have settled into a persistent pattern. It may stay that way for a while. Andrew Joseph STAT

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While Covid is not nearly the threat it once was, transmission of the coronavirus remains at sky-high levels. At the same time, the death rate has dropped thanks to vaccinations and improved treatments, and the overwhelming majority of people in the United States have developed some level of protection, from shots, a previous infection, or some combination of the two...