"It is time to put on an N95 or KN95 mask and get vaccinated (vaccines.gov for appointments) if you haven’t already. Adults can get free antiviral medication like Paxlovid for COVID infections or Tamiflu for the flu, whether or not they have health insurance at Test2Treat.org. If you sign up in advance before an infection, Test2Treat.org will also send you free COVID tests.
"JP Weiland estimates that 1 in 21 people in the United States has COVID now and there are 1.6 Million new COVID infections every day. That number is expected to go to up to 2.0 million people being infected with COVID every day within the next week or two. It is not just the height of the peak of COVID infections (number of daily infections) in a wave that is important. The total area under the curve (i.e. both the height and the width of the wave in days) will affect the total number of people infected in that wave. It is estimated that about 1 in 3 Americans will be infected during this wave which translates to 100 million people who will be infected.
"The Pirola variant JN.1 has taken off in the United States and is now responsible for 62% of COVID cases nationally. This tracks with JN.1 exploding in many countries around the world. In the U.S., COVID hospitalizations are up 20.4% this week and emergency room visits for COVID are up 13%. Only 19.4% of American adults have received the updated XBB.1.5 COVID vaccine. Protection from prior vaccines does not last more than about 4 to 6 months. It is important to get the updated vaccine if you have not yet. We are in the 2nd largest COVID wave since the beginning of the pandemic four years ago and it is time to take precautions."
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Got that? Why would you deliberately ignore these warnings?
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