SARS-CoV-2 transmission has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 5 years, since July 15, 2021. (pmc19.com)

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[-] meatcringe@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

I'm going to wait for the official pod (Death Panel) to tell me what to think about this

[-] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

I thought excess mortality rates were still high too

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pretty much, yeah.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/united-states/death-rate

Ngl. Lot of optimistic leaps being made off of what is essentially a lull.

Like, nothing about this screams "Covid is going away" to me.

(Edit: and again, I really gotta emphasize, the data quality being used to make the estimates for the last 4 years are of dramatically less quality than that used for the estimates of 2021 and 2022.)

Imo, the variant churn from Memorial day weekend travel is typically what kicks off the summer surge, so I guess we'll see how that goes. Maybe high prices will tamper things.🤞

[-] moh@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

this lull, if accurate, is as good a time as any for me to run and schedule a dentist appointment for the first time in years, wish me luck x_x

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Heard. Definitely check what's going down in your area first; The more zoomed out these graphs get, the much less they can be trusted to be representative of what's happening locally.

https://data.wastewaterscan.org/

Also, don't sleep on what precautions you may be able to take. Things like readimasks over the nose, bringing your own air filter, and asking them to use respirators rather than surgical masks, can help lower the risks.

Good luck!