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| Chart from Lucky Tran, annotated by Eric Topol |
"The northeastern U.S. is nearing the peak for the JN.1 COVID wave, but other regions will peak over the next few weeks. Over 4% of the American population is currently infected with COVID which equates to about 1.6 to 2.0 million new COVID infections each day. Currently, 1 in 21 people in the U.S. are infected and infectious. Over the several months of this wave, 1 in 3 people will become infected with COVID. Mitigation techniques like masking, improved air filtration, staying home when sick and getting the latest vaccine can slow the continued spread of COVID.
"This is the second largest COVID wave of the entire pandemic. Hospitalizations and emergency room visits are just starting to peak and may be decreasing slightly, but there are still a lot of people, mostly older people, in the hospital now with COVID (and the flu)."
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This kind of valuable information should be on TV every day and night, because from what I'm seeing, masks are still worn infrequently (especially by the elderly people who should know better - like our President), and the pharmacist tells me that people are just not signing up for the COVID vaccine. The CDC continues to do a terrible job of getting the message out.
Stay safe, everybody!
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