, Dr. Wachter noted that California has the"lowest per-capita death rate of any large American state." He said he was"impressed" by the plan, which applies lessons learned in the past two years to create"the smartest possible approach to this rapidly evolving threat." NPR reports that other countries are beginning to take an endemic approach to the virus as well.
As the shape of the COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve, we may see more plans that similarly maintain guidelines and remove mandates one by one while aiming for a shift back to some degree of normalcy."We move out of the pandemic phase, and we move into a phase which should allow confidence that we are not walking away," Newsom said during the press conference."That we're taking the lessons learned, and we're leaning into the future.