Yes, People Really Are Getting Sick More Often After Covid

Relatives visit a woman sick with dengue fever at a hospital in La Paz, Honduras, as a post-Covid boom in illness sweeps the globe. 

Photographer: ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP

Hi, it’s Bhuma in Mumbai. It seems everyone, everywhere is getting sick more than they used to. But first...

If you’ve been wondering whether you and your loved ones are really getting sick more often since the Covid pandemic, it’s not your imagination.