'The pandemic is over,' Biden says in TV interview
NBCJUL 2022
The Spin
Republican narrative
Biden declared the pandemic over, yet his admin. continues to abuse the emergency declaration — renewed 11 times — allowing the government to bloat its budget, stifle private insurance competition, and steal public health policy power away from the states. This government overreach must end, and federal emergency laws must be reconsidered.
Democratic narrative
COVID isn’t done with us, and the steady flow of cases and deaths proves it. Extending the emergency declaration keeps millions of potential COVID patients on Medicaid so doctors can treat them more easily. The order also allows Congress to provide funds needed for vaccines, tests, and other important COVID-related resources more easily. This is a logical option.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 24% chance that any US state will re-implement a general indoor mask mandate before February 2023, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
