Posted on 07/31/2023 6:58:20 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
For the fourth summer in a row, Americans are experiencing a COVID-19 surge, this one marked by a rise in hospital admissions, emergency room visits, test positivity rates and wastewater data.
The good news: It’s unlikely that most cases will be severe or that the surge will be long-lasting, experts say.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a rise in testing, though lab testing is not at the levels it was before the public health emergency ended in May.
“I do see some early signs that we are heading into another wave. Of course, we don’t know what lies ahead. So, it may yet peter out,” Caitlin Rivers, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told CNN.
“It doesn’t seem to be driven by a new variant, which I find encouraging,” Rivers added.
Gene sequencing company Helix has seen cases rise 30% to 40% since June, CNN reported. The company has been helping the CDC track gene changes of the COVID virus.
Numbers were at low levels before the recent rise, noted Shishi Luo, associate director of bioinformatics at Helix.
“When we look at our data, we have noticed that since late June to the beginning of July and probably through now, there has been a mild uptick in cases and these are based on samples sourced from pharmacy-based testing and also from health system-based testing,” Luo told CNN.
The reason for the rise may be that people are traveling more this summer and also meeting up indoors, where there is air conditioning because of heat waves.
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If you can mistake the latest variant for a cold - it is a cold.
“I want to get the new booster,” Osterholm said. “I think the evidence is that the protection of the previous bivalent booster has been reduced over time. So that if you get it now, though, that’ll hold you back time-wise from getting the new booster that hopefully will be out in the next 60 to 80 days."
“I could get infected in that time period. But I really think that that vaccine is going to be a much better vaccine in terms of long-term protection, so I want to get it as soon as it comes out,” Osterholm said.
*PING*
Don’t Mistake It for a Cold
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The good news: It’s unlikely that most cases will be severe or that the surge will be long-lasting, experts say.
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Contradict yourself much?
Mask up Lemmings!
not you @Diana in Wisconsin. I shout at the article.
It’s a glorified cold
Your odd are better surviving a cold then they are of surviving the booster.
If you can confuse it for a cold, maybe it’s not something to worry about.
Lunatic.
Just warming up for the 2024 Elections. As predicted.
I'm an old geezer now.
Imagine a virus so dangerous and lethal that you have to get a test to find out you have it.
Yep. As predicted. But, I thought they would wait until the election cycle was more underway.
Ivermectin can cure both colds and COVID within hours.
I will be sure to panic first and then run right out and get the useless jab...not.
Do you really believe this crap? I can only think so because you posted it without comment.
bttt
🔬🤔😵🚫😷💉💊🐎💩. Nope! Still NOPE!
It can’t just be that simple in today’s “Panzie land”
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