Not a major post today, other than to say that my prediction of a declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic being over will happen right before midterms was correct.
Naturally the comms team tried to hedge the statement by saying that things are complicated, but this is a defensive play. Should COVID numbers suddenly explode, the administration can say that they didn’t completely declare the pandemic over, but that they encouraged caution.
But if numbers go down they can revel in the good political optics of declaring the end of the life-changing pandemic right before an important election that will define the remainder of this administration’s term.
I was right, though. And I’m just some schlub predicting the game.
Rich People Laughing 