The pandemic is not over only because far left keep brining into the forefront. Even the PM visits other countries and since the G7 summit, never wearing any masks since back in June of 2021. It's absolutely pathetic the treatment these elected officials show people. Perhaps Dr. Strang as well as Dr. Moore and other Chief medical officers are done listening to the narrative and are finally speaking for themselves.

Technically speaking, the pandemic isn't over because there is still a global prevalence of infection of COVID-19 variants. Nonetheless, attitudes toward how society responds to the pandemic have most certainly shifted, largely in relationship to deployment of vaccines and reduced severity of the omicron variant. There have certainly been many opportunities to find glaringly obvious flaws within the government response everywhere. I must take issue with Strang in terms of your thought that he might finally be speaking for himself. If he's doing so, he's doing so only passively. In my opinion, if he disagrees with the Premier, he should say so very clearly, and certainly not suggest that masking policy isn't up to him to decide. It looks to me that he's responding to political pressure the entire ride, including now.