The pandemic is over, just like the Spanish Flu pandemic is over, but the virus is still in the wild, and it will be, probably forever.<p>By now, most people either were infected at least once or got one of the vaccines.<p>Seasonal variants will occur every year, just like with the flu, people will get sick, but in the vast majority of cases, no internation will be needed unless in the cases of people with comorbidities and other vulnerabilities that make most common respiratory infections potentially challenging for them. It sucks, but it is life.<p>Medical research investments as with everything else in health need to take into account the cost-benefit ratio of every decision. Spending lots of money on SARS-COV-2 probably in lieu of other more urgent issues probably doesn't make much sense now.<p>People need to emotionally detach themselves from COVID. The adventure is over.