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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Using wastewater data- the only data that measures the amount of circulating COVID-19 in an era of inaccessible tests and discouraged reporting- infectious disease modeler J.P. Weiland estimates that the US has yet again crossed the million-infections-per-day mark as of August 9, with about 1 in 33 Americans currently infected with COVID-19.

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I’ve written before about how, in November 2021, nearly a year after the debut of the vaccines, Fauci publicly declared that US COVID cases would need to fall “well below 10,000 a day” for us to get a “degree of normality,” and allow us to return to pre-pandemic life. In the nearly three years since, the US has never had a single day with under 10,000 new COVID cases per day; in fact, we have never had a single day with under 100,000 new COVID cases per day.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

What’s the best booster for this recent variant? My girlfriend and I are going to a convention in 2 weeks and this is the last thing I want for us

[-] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

They haven't released the new boosters yet, so you'll be getting one based on an old strain no matter what. The most important thing is that you get a booster like today if you want to have protection, peak protection isn't immediate.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

o7 I’ve got it for tomorrow morning

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Nice, I'm glad you got it in. From studies, 2 weeks is right around the absolute peak of your protection. Good luck!

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

The best time would've been 2 weeks ago, but the second best time is now. Like literally tomorrow.

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