Public health officials: It's time to start treating Covid-19 like the new normal

Even if a Covid-19 vaccine comes out by early January 2021, the virus isn’t going anywhere for a couple of years. That’s what a panel of public health care officials said during the Recover Seattle virtual event held by our sister paper, the Puget Sound Business Journal last week. It’s time to start treating the realities this pandemic has created like the new normal, said Hilary Godwin, dean of the University of Washington’s School of Public Health. “It’s time for us to shift…