BBCNEWS Unspun World with John Simpson July 7, 2024
yet now, especially in europe and the western world, it feels as though the disease has passed us, even though it actually hasn't. it's as though we couldn't take all the restrictions it brought any more. life has opened up and only a minority of people are wearing masks now. in china, by contrast, the epidemic still dominates everything. i talked to fergus walsh, the bbc�*s medical editor, about the world's experience of this modern day plague. covid is going to be with us for years and years to come. and there was a lot of talk right at the beginning about herd immunity — the i...