The pandemic has led to innovation. It’s a reason for optimism.

The United States is entering a post-pandemic era. This is happening primarily because of the one aspect of this pandemic that differentiates it from all previous ones in history — the triumph of science. Within a year of covid-19’s outbreak, the world saw the emergence of several high-quality vaccines. This is truly breathtaking. A decade ago, the scientific consensus was that it took 10 to 15 years — and a lot of luck — to produce a vaccine for a new disease.

Over half the adult population in the United States has received at least one dose of the vaccine. Daily infection and hospitalization rates are dropping fast almost everywhere; some states are even reporting zero daily covid deaths. Of course, there are still dangers. Vaccination rates are slowing down, and new variants are cropping up.

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