She writes that "The healthcare infrastructure in the U.S., and in many places around the world, has been severely stressed by high hospitalizations and severe healthcare worker burnout, so we need to prepare for this winter's respiratory illnesses. Vaccination against flu and COVID, improving air quality with air filtration, masking indoors with an N95 or KN95 mask, staying home when sick, testing for COVID every 48 hours if exposed or if you have symptoms, are all important ways to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses this season."
This makes perfect sense, but unfortunately most Americans have decided that COVID and the other viruses are nothing to worry about. Maybe they'll change their minds when they get sick this winter -- but even then, I doubt it.
Or maybe this information will wake them up from their apathy:
"The JN.1 variant is spreading rapidly around the world and is causing increased COVID hospitalizations. JN.1 is not expected to cause more severe disease than other Omicron variants according to the WHO, but the upcoming large surge in cases could really stress our hospitals and healthcare systems. Consider getting the updated vaccine now in preparation for a new JN.1 wave that will be very high in mid to late December. Per JP Weiland, another COVID wave has started and the combination of the FLip variants + HV.1 wave happening as the JN.1 variant takes off, will cause anywhere from 1 million to 1.5 million new COVID cases per day in the U.S. by late December. Yikes!"
"Yikes" is right!
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