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As eager as much of the public, policymakers, politicians and the media seem to want to forget the pandemic, COVID-19 is still with us, writes André Picard.

For a long time, it was accepted wisdom that respiratory viruses don’t spread easily in the summer. Colds, the flu, and other bugs that leave us coughing and sniffling do their dirty work in the winter.

But, among its many surprises, SARS-CoV-2 has laid that belief to rest.

Just ask Peter Dyrda. He has had COVID-19 three times – in the summers of 2021, 2023, and 2025, the latest a nasty bout in July.

“I felt like I had been hit by a truck,” Mr. Dyrda said. His symptoms included what has come to be known as “ razor blade throat ,” an intensely sore throat that makes it difficult to swallow.

He is not alone. There has bee

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