{"id":21146,"date":"2022-01-14T09:08:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21146"},"modified":"2022-01-20T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T06:48:57","slug":"treating-covid-like-endemic-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/01\/treating-covid-like-endemic-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating Covid Like an Endemic Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After having lived for so many years of the pandemic life, I think it\u2019s safe to say that most of us have had enough. As a result, more and more countries are calling for Covid to be treated like the flu which is an endemic illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain is one of the first countries to suggest that we all should just start living with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article below and watch the video be ready to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/01\/18\/spain-to-move-from-treating-covid-19-as-a-pandemic-to-an-endemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What is your opinion on this? Is it really time for us to start treating Covid much like the flu?<\/li>
  2. What would be advantages and disadvantages of doing this now?<\/li>
  3. How has your life changed because of the pandemic?<\/li>
  4. What is the first thing you’d do once the world \u2018goes back to normal\u2019 again?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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