After a weeks-long visit to China to study the pandemic’s origins, WHO released a report in 2021 concluding that covid most probably jumped into humans from animals, dismissing the possibility of a lab origin as “extremely unlikely.”

Source: https://triblive.com/news/health-now/new-covid-origins-data-suggests-pandemic-linked-to-raccoon-dogs/

As the pandemic’s aftereffects faded and Russian tourists flocked to the country following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, income surged 53.4% to a record $46.3 billion.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/tourism/foreign-tourists-in-turkiye-hit-record-46-7-million-before-year-end/

By early 2021—a full year after the pandemic’s start, and a full year before the Freedom Convoy arguably hastened its end—people had had enough.

Source: https://www.voicemagazine.org/2023/02/17/lessons-in-freedom/

Cases remain low compared with the pandemic’s early months.

Source: https://triblive.com/news/health-now/2-of-kids-and-7-of-adults-have-received-the-new-covid-shots-u-s-data-show/

COVID is the issue that made DeSantis a national hero among Republicans, when he limited Florida’s restrictions in the pandemic’s early days.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/the-surge-nikki-haley-desantis-ilhan-omar-george-santos.html?via=rss

Maternal mortality rates climbed during the pandemic, likely due to COVID-19 itself and the pandemic’s impact on delaying care for other conditions.

Source: https://www.philasun.com/health/to-improve-outcomes-for-black-mothers-amerihealth-caritas-suggests-five-crucial-interventions/

Mr O’Donnell reminded councillors of the pandemic’s impact on the backlog and until recently the lack of contractors available to carry out the work.

Source: https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/23651307.flintshire-funding-bring-council-homes-standard/?ref=rss

The meetings platform company blamed the 15% reduction in staff on a decline in sales as the majority of people who worked remotely during the COVID pandemic’s height have returned to in-person workspaces and activities.

Source: https://www.gopusa.com/zoom-laying-off-1300-workers-adding-to-recent-tech-cut-woes/

The moves helped limit the pandemic’s economic toll and ignited a bull market stock rally that carried the mantra “Don’t fight the Fed.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/business/biden-buffett-debate-share-buybacks.html

The property was formerly slated for a 13,746-square foot, 160-room hotel, but those plans were scrapped in 2019, when developer JSJ Perimeter LLC ditched the idea, citing the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on the hospitality industry.

Source: https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2023/04/30/aging-in-place-options-scarce-in-metro-atlanta/

The question is in reference to a September from the GAO which found that most federal agency office buildings remain underutilized as agency employees continue to work remotely despite the pandemic’s conclusion.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/04/john-barrasso-biden-cabinet-details-un-climate-summit/

The recent decoupling of global supply chains in the pandemic’s wake — and the economic ravages that ensued — has prompted a number of countries to fortify existing alliances and forge new ones.

Source: https://mg.co.za/business/2023-10-23-conflict-economics-america-and-the-centre-that-will-not-hold/

This marks the first time since the pandemic’s early days that quarterly growth expectations for earnings are negative.

Source: https://247wallst.com/investing/2023/01/18/10-biggest-companies-reporting-earnings-in-the-4th-week-of-jan-2023/

Unlike the pandemic’s earlier days, which were marked by distinctly different strains of the coronavirus struggling for dominance, more recent notable versions are all descendants of the Omicron variant.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/10/new-coronavirus-subvariant-eris-is-gaining-dominance-is-it-fueling-an-increase-in-cases/

What brought the pandemic’s toll to mind was a recent map that showed the death rate per population for every county throughout the United States.

Source: http://reverejournal.com/2023/05/18/covid-19-precautions-worked/