What We’ve Learned?: COVID Pandemic Turns Two
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that the COVID-19 outbreak had been characterized as a pandemic. People across the globe learned to adhere to a “new normal” while adjusting to government mandates, new variants, vaccines, and treatments. Governments are now lifting restrictions, and citizens are hoping to return to a pre-pandemic lifestyle. FOX News Contributor and Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Marty Makary joins the Rundown to discuss how COVID-19 will continue to impact everyday life, the mental health strain resulting from the pandemic, and strategies scientists must adopt when faced with a new virus.
Consumer inflation has been spiking in the past year, with the U.S. inflation rate hitting a 40-year high of 7.9 percent. Consumers have been paying more for everything from gas to groceries and experts say higher prices could be imminent. Many restaurant owners have weathered the storm of COVID-19, however these rising costs are hitting them just as they attempt to recover. The owner of Mr. Fish Seafood Restaurant and Market in South Carolina, Ted Hammerman joins to share how restaurants like his are facing difficult choices due to rising costs.
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Plus, commentary by New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz.
