{"id":11672,"date":"2026-03-18T17:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=11672"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:54:56","slug":"why-we-dont-talk-about-covid-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2026\/03\/18\/why-we-dont-talk-about-covid-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we don&#8217;t talk about COVID anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/columbus\/2026\/03\/18\/ohio-state-covid-19-pandemic-research-history\">Axios<\/a> Six years ago this week, COVID-19 dominated daily life.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/columbus\/2026\/03\/18\/ohio-covid-history-lessons\">Schools<\/a>&nbsp;closed, headlines tracked cases, and Ohio reported its first deaths and postponed a primary election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong>&nbsp;Today, the pandemic that killed over 1 million Americans and reshaped society has largely faded from public conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That silence isn&#8217;t unusual \u2014\u00a0but it could have real consequences, an Ohio State University public health historian says.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Driving the news:&nbsp;<\/strong>Associate professor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cph.osu.edu\/people\/mjones\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Marian Moser Jones, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marian Moser Jones<\/a>&nbsp;and other researchers have interviewed over 120 local and state health officials across the U.S. to document how they navigated the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They hope to create a historical record before memories fade and society\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgetown.edu\/news\/why-we-dont-want-to-talk-about-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"moves on, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moves on<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;There&#8217;s almost been a consensus \u2014 in a time when we don&#8217;t have consensus about a lot \u2014 that we&#8217;re going to move on and not talk about this anymore,&#8221; Moser Jones tells Axios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;ve found:&nbsp;<\/strong>Many health care workers witnessed traumatic scenes, including patients dying alone, and endured months of fear and uncertainty before vaccines and treatments existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/columbus\/2026\/03\/18\/ohio-state-covid-19-pandemic-research-history\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\" Rh Sq cyjwG\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axios Six years ago this week, COVID-19 dominated daily life.&nbsp;Schools&nbsp;closed, headlines tracked cases, and Ohio reported its first deaths and postponed a primary election. Why it matters:&nbsp;Today, the pandemic that killed over 1 million Americans and reshaped society has largely faded from public conversation. 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