Is the Pandemic Over . . . or Not?

There is no widely accepted scientific definition of when a pandemic starts or ends. Ending it is a political decision, and Joe Biden has made it.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, governments across the world have asserted emergency powers in response to the threat of this new biological nemesis. The United States, both the federal and state governments, was no exception. These powers dramatically expanded after Joe Biden became president, as, in response to a global disease, he wielded executive power on a scale never seen...