While many people may well be over COVID-19, the virus certainly isn't finished with us.
A major new international report has revealed we could be dealing with the pandemic for another five years.
It paints a grim picture of a society-wide crisis of growing inequalities that reach far beyond the health sector - and it's been made worse by governments failing to work together.
After two years of the pandemic, life may look relatively normal - but the next five years will be far from it.
"What we are realising is it's not just a public health crisis, it's a social crisis as well," said report co-author Sir David Skegg.
A new report compiled by hundreds of international experts lays out three scenarios. The most optimistic one requires immediate effort on a global scale to tackle the ongoing effects of COVID-19.
But the most likely scenario is that COVID-19 will become endemic, health systems risk collapsing, food security worsens, and inequalities grow. In the worst-case scenario, lockdowns will still be needed, causing high levels of harm.
And the world faces negative impacts on climate change, education loss, unemployment, terrorism, and political instability, resulting in famine and conflict.
"There's going to be a lot more poverty," Sir David said.
"It's important we don't pretend we've licked this thing - we certainly haven't."
COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said COVID-19 isn't going to go away.
"It is going to be something we live with in the medium to long-term and we're going to have to find ways of making sure we are dealing with all the things that go with that."
Experts are hoping this report will be a wake-up call.
"We are absolutely over this pandemic, we wanted it to be finished yesterday, but it's not doing that," said epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker.
"We have to be realistic, I think this report is a huge reality check."
A reality check for Kiwis who are just eager to put the pandemic behind them.
"Time to move on definitely," one person said.
"It's dragged on a little bit, everyone's got over it," another added.
The report said the pandemic is dragging on because governments have failed to tackle it together on issues like global access to vaccines.
"As a result, the virus continues to replicate, we get new variants emerging and right now South Africa is into its fifth wave," Sir David said.
"We need agencies like WHO and the UN having the mandate and resources to get on and do the job or coordinating responses," Prof Baker added.
As this pandemic shows no signs of going anywhere, anytime soon.
