COVID-19 risks quietly rise

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki delivered a stark reminder on COVID-19 at Thursday’s media briefing.

The fact that the virus is no longer as disruptive of daily life as before “doesn’t mean it’s gone,” Psaki said. “It’s not gone.”

The warning was important because the dangers from COVID have once again been edging up — even as pandemic-weary Americans have stepped into something approximating normal life.