As Covid precautions fall away across US, some experts advise against ‘wishful thinking’

Public health authorities suggest Americans need to prepare to pivot back even as they tire of the forever pandemic

The Biden administration is facing a delicate balancing act between relaxing US Covid-19 precautions during the current lull in case numbers in the US and conveying the urgency of the possible next surge, experts say.

Cases and hospitalizations have fallen sharply in recent weeks. The US is nearing the lowest Covid hospitalization rate of the entire pandemic, and case numbers are now at the lowest they have been in eight months, since July 2021.