The article discusses the peculiar lack of a shared ending ceremony for the Covid-19 pandemic, contrasting it with the structured public events that defined the prior months. While the pandemic started with clear benchmarks, it ended quietly, with July 2021 as a symbolic moment, marked humorously by a football fan. The author reflects on the trauma of the pandemic, concluding that this week marks five years since a month devoid of sports, underscoring how much changed as sports resumed amidst the ongoing challenges of the pandemic.
One of the strangest and most unsatisfying things about the Covid19 pandemic is that it never had a shared end date or ceremonial send-off.
The pandemic had a start date. But the closest we got to a national throwing-off of the shackles was July 2021 with a lone England football supporter.
It was horrible, traumatic and confusing. But the fact remains for sport this week does bring a significant pandemic anniversary.
The end of the only month that was entirely empty of sport during the pandemic marked the beginning of significant changes.
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