We may be entering our true Spring #COVID19 lull in the US.
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We may be entering our true Spring #COVID19 lull in the US. The positive rate of testing is lower today than it's been since December.
The positive rate of testing didn't spike all that much over winter, rising from 1.9% to 2.9%. Now, we're down to 2.3%. That 1.9% rate is the lowest we've hit in a year, and I'm curious if we might not drop beneath that before April.
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We may be entering our true Spring #COVID19 lull in the US. The positive rate of testing is lower today than it's been since December.
The positive rate of testing didn't spike all that much over winter, rising from 1.9% to 2.9%. Now, we're down to 2.3%. That 1.9% rate is the lowest we've hit in a year, and I'm curious if we might not drop beneath that before April.
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For years, our surges have gotten lower. Could COVID be on its way to finally become a more predicable and endemic virus? I'll stay cautious, given Long COVID risks, but it would be nice to see infection risks continue to drop, wouldn't it?
Signs point to continued lower levels of surges--until and unless our low vaccination rate OR a significant COVID mutation causes a greater surge. 2026 will be an interesting bellwether year for #COVID19, I think.
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For years, our surges have gotten lower. Could COVID be on its way to finally become a more predicable and endemic virus? I'll stay cautious, given Long COVID risks, but it would be nice to see infection risks continue to drop, wouldn't it?
Signs point to continued lower levels of surges--until and unless our low vaccination rate OR a significant COVID mutation causes a greater surge. 2026 will be an interesting bellwether year for #COVID19, I think.
Since testing is pretty much everywhere inadequate, I don't think so. At all.
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Since testing is pretty much everywhere inadequate, I don't think so. At all.
Some countries have wastewater testing and that suggests that the peaks have been lower since the huge peak in 2023.
Still, for me it still not worth the risk unmasking, because long Covid can be devastating.
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For years, our surges have gotten lower. Could COVID be on its way to finally become a more predicable and endemic virus? I'll stay cautious, given Long COVID risks, but it would be nice to see infection risks continue to drop, wouldn't it?
Signs point to continued lower levels of surges--until and unless our low vaccination rate OR a significant COVID mutation causes a greater surge. 2026 will be an interesting bellwether year for #COVID19, I think.
@augieray It is interesting, and I agree: the way long-covid can be devastating and repeat infections affect the immune system, it pays off to stay vigilant. That said, Influenza has done this all the time, at least there are a lot of studies that point to Longfluenza being a thing, with symptoms that we put on other illnesses before.
I personally think we shouldn’t be satisfied with endemic-level infection rates like Influenza. But then, nobody asks me
It’ll make some interactions easier.
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We may be entering our true Spring #COVID19 lull in the US. The positive rate of testing is lower today than it's been since December.
The positive rate of testing didn't spike all that much over winter, rising from 1.9% to 2.9%. Now, we're down to 2.3%. That 1.9% rate is the lowest we've hit in a year, and I'm curious if we might not drop beneath that before April.
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@augieray for this to be useful, need to show more info (such as total number tests). If more people are testing because flu is raging, that could skew results.
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