other states...are adjusting their guidelines based on data regarding such things as hospitalization and ICU beds being taken by COVID-19 patients...the CDC is also keeping an eye on the entire country, as well as developments outside the U.S. that could impact us down the road, so they'll be a little slower to make changes in recommendations...but if things continue to improve, it won't take long.
Here's another perspective on when to declare a disease like COVID-19 "Endemic"...from the AMA...
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/how-we-will-know-when-covid-19-has-become-endemic
Another unspoken rule for Baron...'Never pass up a chance to go Hyperbolic if it could possibly help to "Own The Libs"'...
Link: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/covid-19-moves-pandemic-endemic-chapter#:~:text=On%20May%2011%2C%20the%20federal,endemic%20chapter%20of%20COVID%2D19.