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At 17.9 percent, the national positivity rate has reached its second-highest point of the pandemic, even higher than the peak of the first winter wave in 2020-21 — and it’s still on the way up. The same is true in America’s largest state, California. But ask any scientist about that number and they’ll tell you that it’s a gross undercount. That’s because at-home rapid tests are more common now than they were this winter, when lab PCR tests were still basically the only game in town for confirming that you had COVID. It wasn’t until mid-January of this year that Biden launched the federal program to ship free at-home tests to any household that wants one.
There’s been a shift since then of some unknown but undoubtedly considerable magnitude of people using their at-home tests rather than lab tests to confirm that they’re infected. Another big chunk of the population is likely getting infected and not bothering to test at all, believing that COVID is no longer the threat that it was and therefore no big deal. Which means a gigantic share of cases are now happening “off the books,” undetected by state authorities and the CDC.
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It feels like the worst wave to me, as far as number of people infected, but even my sister's old and infirm FIL came through it with no major problems.
It feels like the worst wave to me, as far as number of people infected, but even my sister's old and infirm FIL came through it with no major problems.
While it's contagious, it's typically very mild.
Well, I'm sure everyone who dies will be comforted to know that the people YOU know have had mild cases.
Some people will die by tripping on a crack in the sidewalk and busting their head.
Doesn't mean we need to stay inside with the shutters drawn.
Yes, we do. At least until after the midterms.
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