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I think the CDC — and governments in general — should be pushing *hard* for cleaner air, more paid sick leave, and masking whenever rates increase.
Oddly, while I disagree with the CDC’s recent recommendation, this CDC article seems very solid.
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https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/background/index.html
I’d like to see this chart going back to 2015 or so. Would it tell the story “COVID isn’t causing more hospitalizations than the flu, but we’re now getting sick a whole hell of a lot often in general”? That's certainly the way it seems to me. :-(
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"Although hospitalizations and deaths involving COVID-19 have declined substantially since 2022, rates of infections with the virus have not".
Chart shows COVID deaths high in 2020 through 2022, then dropping below 5,000 people dying per week -- while the rate of COVID infections stays pretty much at the same level from 2020 to today.
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@unicorndeburgh Well, why should COVID infections go down? Nobody's wearing masks, indoor air quality isn't much improved, few people are getting the new vaccine, and the vaccines are better at preventing hospitalization than infection anyway.
Between natural immunity and the vaccines, people have enough immune response to (mostly) stay out of the hospital now, but not enough to fight off an infection.
@gpk I agree that as long as we're not doing anything to improve indoor air, or making it easier for people to take sick time, that the infection rate isn't going to go down.