Is the pandemic over now, or will it end in May, or August, or after Election Day? Depending on the issue, the Biden administration’s answer is “all of the above.”

The pandemic is over now when it comes to masking at the White House and the impressively low unemployment rate. When it comes to masks on transit and Title 42, the Trump-era policy of turning away migrants at the border, the pandemic will end in May. When it comes to ending the student loan repayment pause, the pandemic will end on Aug. 31, or maybe after Election Day.