 why it is no longer a reportable illness it sounds like we may not reconnect with him at all but let's see what happens he says a primary indicator of the surge in covid cases are up sharply especially through the western united states so it appears that although the worst of the pandemic is behind us covid has more in store it sounds like it's becoming endemic where it's just one of those diseases that we expect is going to be in the environment for a good long time am i wrong about that doc