Normal thing to happen in the summer, problem solved, mission accomplished etc

  • barrbaric [he/him]M
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    1 year ago

    "Nobody I know is getting sick so it's not real!" -A guy whose wife has the "flu"

    • MF_BROOM [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      People are getting sick all the time but it's always ABC (anything but COVID).

      So many people getting sick right now with "a cold" or something unidentifiable/nebulous. In the summer. Right.

      Although, hell, because of immune dysregulation from COVID, I suppose not all of it may be COVID. Though the wastewater data is going up again.

      • macabrett
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        And hospitalizations are going up now, despite no longer testing everyone admitted.

        • MF_BROOM [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I wonder what proportion of hospitals are even testing for COVID anymore. Ugh.

          I also saw something in the WSWS (yeah I know they're problematic but they have good COVID coverage) that said that the number of wastewater sites reporting data in the US has decreased by like 25% in recent weeks. Which sucks because I feel like that's the only thing left that has even a degree of usefulness in gauging COVID levels.