But the coronavirus that necessitated that government-declared emergency does not have a calendar. The White House announcement that the PHE is winding down won’t transform Covid-19 at the stroke of midnight, like some viral Cinderella. What it means is that some of the core public health tools to contain the coronavirus – notably free vaccines, free treatment and free testing – will go away….
Covid raised the risk of blood clots, stroke, diabetes, heart failure and other dangerous conditions, and that’s not widely appreciated amongst the public. That aftermath is getting a lot less attention than all the bogus reports of ‘sudden death’ from vaccines flooding social media….
The lack of free vaccines, medication and testing starting in May will create new challenges. Poor people, uninsured people – including those who live in conservative states that have resisted expanding Medicaid under Obamacare – and minority communities will be most at risk, said Julie Morita, the executive vice-president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the former public health commissioner of Chicago.
‘Exactly the same people who were disproportionately impacted at the beginning of the pandemic will again be more vulnerable,’ she said. Disparities that had narrowed will widen; risks of bad outcomes will grow….
From ‘The Public Health Emergency is Ending. Covid Isn’t’, Politico