“Post-COVID” is described as an inaccurate term because COVID-19 has not ended and will not end. People continue to be affected through new infections and long-term outcomes such as permanent disability. WHO reporting shows ongoing SARS-CoV-2 cases with increases in multiple countries across the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia. The piece also links broader infectious disease risk to climate change and habitat loss, which can drive mutation and spread into new regions. Examples include hantavirus cases associated with a cruise ship and an escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Social media is portrayed as amplifying fear and misinformation, including claims that people cannot tolerate pandemic measures, which is framed as especially harmful to those living with Long COVID.
"“Post-COVID” is a woefully inaccurate term. While, in the current moment, we are no longer at the peak of COVID-often defined as extreme waves of deaths and hospitalizations-we do not and will never live in a “post-COVID” world. People are still being impacted by this disease, including becoming permanently disabled and contracting new cases."
"The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 12,284 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 from April 6 to May 3, 2026. In the previous 28-day period, 27,615 new cases were reported. According to WHO, five countries in the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia all had increases in new cases greater than 10 percent."
"In addition to COVID, we live in a world facing increasing rates of multiple infectious diseases mutating, in large part due to climate change and habitat loss, and diseases stretching into new areas where they had previously been unreported. The latest examples of this are the Andes strain of hantavirus, with a cluster of cases coming from a Dutch-flagged cruise ship in May, and Ebola, with new cases confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a rapidly escalating outbreak."
"News of both viruses raced through social media, with many posts fear-mongering or spreading inaccurate information. Repeatedly, I read the phrase “I can't do another pandemic,” implying the poster could not bear to get vaccines, stay inside, socially distance, or wear a mask. For those of us living with Long COVID, such comments are beyond frustrating."
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