It’s been more than five years since Worcester battened down the hatches to ride out the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s been more than four years since the first COVID vaccines rolled out in early 2021, a miraculous feat of science and international teamwork given the short amount of time it took.
If you look around on public transit or on a trip to the grocery store, no one stands 6 feet apart. Masks are almost nowhere in sight. For the most part, it’s like you’re back in 2019.
Dr. Michael P. Hirsh, medical director at the City of Worcester Division of Public Health, says that’s not a sign that COVID has left us, but a symptom of indifference to a virus that is on the rise once again…