On this weeks Back Story a reality check on Covid and the notion the pandemic is ending or the variants are guaranteed to get milder.
Dana Lewis speaks to his two favourite experts, Epidemiologists Deepti Gurdasani in Britain, and Eric Feigl-Ding out of Washington.
Both will tell you Omicron is not less severe in many ways, it's endangering children and even causing deaths in many places.
Another variant may be just around the corner they say, and the politicians and the media may not be delivered the truth as it should be told.