There is still the same one. It never went away in the west. The government just gave up, and the media cycle stopped covering it.
Here’s a graph of the cases for Germany, from covid19.who.int:
When there were 150000 cases in Dec 2020, they did all the lockdown and restrictions and stuff. Now there still is 170000 cases and almost no-one cares. You can also notice the huge spike earlier in 2022 — not one of the previous years, where the pandemic still was taken somewhat seriously.
There is still the same one. It never went away in the west. The government just gave up, and the media cycle stopped covering it.
Here’s a graph of the cases for Germany, from covid19.who.int:
When there were 150000 cases in Dec 2020, they did all the lockdown and restrictions and stuff. Now there still is 170000 cases and almost no-one cares. You can also notice the huge spike earlier in 2022 — not one of the previous years, where the pandemic still was taken somewhat seriously.
Why should anyone care about cases? What matters is that almost no one is dying from covid anymore.