The Late Show on pause following Stephen Colbert’s COVID “recurrence”
Despite what you heard, the pandemic is not over, which is why The Late Show is on hiatus until further notice

There will be no Late Show for the second day in a row thanks to COVID. How can this be? Why isn’t the pandemic over? Despite what you’ve heard, we’re still in the middle of this thing and crossing another grim milestone this week: One million COVID deaths in America and six million worldwide. And that’s just reported deaths.
A good reminder of how serious COVID-19 continues to be is that celebrities are also still getting infected. There was an outbreak at the White House Correspondents Dinner last week. Just today, Bill Gates announced that he contracted the virus. Apropos of nothing: It’s never too late to get vaccinated and boosted so that, like them, your chances of a minor-ish case are stronger. But even minor cases can be pretty severe and can result in Long COVID, so, yeah, maybe a mask in crowds wouldn’t be a bad idea either.