It ends with a whimper.

And just like that, the pandemic ends in Iowa.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced on Thursday that she will allow the “public health disaster emergency proclamation” to expire on February 15, 2022.

“We cannot continue to suspend duly enacted laws and treat COVID-19 as a public health emergency indefinitely. After two years, it’s no longer feasible or necessary. The flu and other infectious illnesses are part of our everyday lives, and coronavirus can be managed similarly,” stated Gov. Reynolds. “State agencies will now manage COVID-19 as part of normal daily business, and reallocate resources that have been solely dedicated to the response effort to serve other important needs for Iowans.” 

Restrictions are easing or lifted in many states, see the following article: 

USA Today map of state restrictions

Faith in government is the source of the pandemic

 Tom Woods just published the following observation in his newsletter:

Three reasons why progressives revere lockdowns:

(1) They hold a superstitious belief in the powers of the state -- so if the state says it can wipe out a virus, who is to say it cannot?

(2) It involves "experts" dictating to the stupid rubes, which is their preferred model of governance.

(3) It allows them to ridicule the working-class people they despise -- why, if only these backward hicks would "follow the science," we would be out of this thing already!

Tom's recent speech about the pandemic response can be viewed at this link:

The Fact-Free COVID Dystopia