The Bittersweet End of The COVID-19 Pandemic

And the origins of COVID-19

Photo by Tom Barret on Unsplash (2020).

On May 5th of 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer represented a public health emergency of international concern. The statement came as no surprise but had a bittersweet taste due to the many failures of the global pandemic response.