In a crowded Paris metro or at the counter of a bustling cafe, it’s easy to forget what loomed over us just five years ago. Yet on the fifth anniversary of the first lockdown in Wuhan, China due to Covid-19, the headlines tell a different story: Donald Trump, on his first day back in office, signs an order for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization. We’ll examine why the UN’s health body could lose its biggest donor and discuss the grievances surrounding global health leadership. Are we dealing with anti-vaccination fringe groups—or a deeper discontent? And just as many who fell ill in the early days of the pandemic continued to struggle with Covid for a long time, the fear, isolation and anxiety of quarantine left a lasting mark on our politics? Five years later, Covid is barely part of the conversation. What key questions remain unresolved?
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