Well, here’s some amazing news. On Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a press release of the Trump Administration’s science and technology accomplishments from President Donald Trump’s first term. The release accompanied the unveiling of a longer document from the Office and listed five highlights. Guess what the first one on the list was. “Ending the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Who knew? Does that mean the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is now really over? Well, no. Because it’s not over. The pandemic has not been ended. In fact, it may be just ramping up as the weather becomes colder and less humid with the number of cases per day increasing.
Listing “ending the Covid-19 pandemic” as an accomplishment would be even more audacious than listing “Iron Man” as your job position on LinkedIn. At least, you could be Robert Downey, Jr., a triathlete, or really good at removing wrinkles from clothes. On the other hand, unless the pandemic has really ended (it hasn’t) and you yourself actually clearly did something to end the pandemic, saying that you ended the pandemic would be like the waistband on some really worn underwear: a bit of a stretch. Continue reading.