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why?

• TylerE 4y ago
  Because everyone has spent the past week visiting family and going to parties, while observing no protocol whatsoever. The XBB strain is already up to 20% of new cases and evades much existing immunity.
  • boc 4y ago
    The US stopped all Covid restrictions and behavior quite a while ago - Thanksgiving is arguably just as big of a family gathering and traveling holiday, and we haven’t seen a massive spike yet.
    • TylerE 4y ago
      In my state (NC) new cases are up 43% from a month ago. Very similar trajectory and timing to the original omicron explosion. Just because Joe Public is pretending it doesn’t exist anymore doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
      • reducesuffering 4y ago
        7-day avg for cases and deaths in the US are at historic lows and still declining: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
        • TylerE 4y ago
          Wastewater data is much more reliable, since it doesn’t depend on people getting tested in a way that is reported, and indeed shows a major uptick since thanksgiving https://biobot.io/data/ https://biobot.io/data/