SocraticGadfly: Coronavirus, week 100: Are we ready for another surge?

March 08, 2022

Coronavirus, week 100: Are we ready for another surge?

A group of public health experts told Vox, overall, that they think we're past the worst, though not all agreed. Also, more than one person in that group of eight said the US is not using the current lull to prepare for another surge off of a new variant.

Meanwhile, we're unofficially near 1 million deaths (and realistically probably over 1.25 million if not 1.5 million) and the death rate is still 2 percent, not 1 percent or less per claims by contrarians and denialists.

Research of a large database of VA patients says blood clotting problems may be an ongoing problem in long COVID.

Your Local Epidemiologist explains risk in the context of the new CDC guidance on masks.

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