Washington, D.C. - Today marks 2 years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), a professional organization of over 30,000 global health and science professionals, took swift action in response to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the new variants and many challenges that followed - from advocating for pandemic preparedness and support for the clinical laboratory workforce, to tracking supply chain shortages, to providing open-access to our COVID-19 research and curated collections of the top research on ASM's COVID-19 research registry. In the past 2 years, the world has faced many obstacles, including supply chain shortages, developing and producing vaccines and therapeutics, and combatting pervasive misinformation about COVID-19. The scientific community and ASM members have stepped up again and again to meet these challenges.
While the fight against COVID-19 is not over, we as a society are learning how to live with this virus and maintain a sense of normalcy while continuing to address SARS-CoV-2 with evidence-based best practices and the most effective tools at our disposal. In light of the 2 year anniversary since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, we have updated ASM's COVID-19 resource page with the latest content - press releases, educational materials, infographics and podcasts - to help keep the greater public informed on the most recent developments related to COVID-19.
