Take a ride on the O-Train or head to the mall and Ottawa feels much like it did before 2020 — entire faces are visible, coughs and sneezes are ignored, coffee shops no longer balk at reusable mugs. Nearly four weeks after the World Health Organization declared the emergency phase of the pandemic over, and just over three years since the pandemic began, SARS-CoV-2 has faded from headlines and even from small talk.