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Becky Sullivan

How Biden's declaring the pandemic 'over' complicates efforts to fight COVID

A pharmacist administers the newest COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic for seniors at the Southwest Senior Center earlier this month in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

President Biden's declaration that "the pandemic is over" could complicate the administration's effort to battle COVID-19, public health experts say.

Biden made the remarks in a Sunday broadcast of 60 Minutes. "We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over," he said. "If you notice, no one's wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it's changing."

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