Commuters in London this month TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images
The term “endemic” is increasingly being used by politicians in relation to covid-19. But the term has no single agreed definition and doesn’t mean that it is safe to stop restrictions, such as wearing masks and limiting social gatherings.
On Tuesday, Marco Cavaleri at the European Medicines Agency told a press briefing that “what we’re seeing is that we are moving towards the virus being more endemic”. The previous day, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said European officials should reclassify covid-19 as an endemic illness due to falling…
