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The pandemic is over — time for government officials to catch up

By Zachary Faria
Published August 12, 2022 8:24pm ET
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The pandemic is over — time for government officials to catch up
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The CDC said in a press release on May 19, 2016, that at least one violation was uncovered in nearly 80 percent of public pool and hot tub inspections in five states. | (David Goldman/AP)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been one of the last holdouts against post-COVID-19 normalcy. With the agency finally loosening restrictions that have been obsolete for more than a year now, state and local governments should drop their last restrictions and go back to normal.

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