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Opinion: We've made huge advances against COVID. Why is it still killing so many people?

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why are so many people still dying? And how do we reconcile those numbers with the vast improvements in our COVID tools?

This disparity points to a continued public health failure to take full advantage of these tools and to communicate the evolving risks in this phase of the pandemic. COVID never treated all groups equally, and some older people and immunocompromised individuals still face the highest risk of serious illness. But the calculus is nuanced, especially in light of treatment advances that should be used to protect more people.

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