Covid hospitalizations, deaths and wastewater data — among other indicators — are all increasing as the U.S. heads into fall.

Signs in the U.S. continue to point to a rise in Covid activity as fall approaches.

Hospitalizations are rising. Deaths have ticked up. Wastewater samples are picking up the virus, as are labs across the country.

“Every single one of those things is showing us that we have increased rates of Covid transmission in our communities,” said Jodie Guest, a professor of epidemiology at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta.

  • kescusay@lemmy.world
    211·
    2 years ago

    Yep. Time to be more careful again, folks. And for fuck’s sake, if you’re not already vaccinated, go do it.

    • cedarmesa@lemmy.world
      102·
      2 years ago

      Vaccines not out yet

      Edit; Am I wrong? Let me know if I am so I can go get vaccinated. I was told it wouldnt be out til halfway through september at the earliest.

      • geogle@lemmy.world
        23·
        2 years ago

        To be clear, the vaccines that are more protective against the dominant variant at the moment isn’t it yet, but prior shots should reduce symptoms and potentially viral load.

        • TheaoneAndOnly27@kbin.social
          61·
          2 years ago

          Would it be worth going and getting one of the old boosters just to re-up if the old one was over 6 months ago? Or would it be better to just kind of wait for the next one?

          • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            2 years ago

            My wife and I are traveling internationally end of next month, so I asked my doctor. He recommended waiting for the new booster which should be available in about a week. He also suggested a flu shot at the same time.

            Our last boosters were about a year ago.

  • TipRing@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    I just tested positive for the first time and thanks to the US FDA rule changes, I have to physically go to the doctor to get Paxlovid, putting more people at risk. Very frustrating.

  • archiotterpup@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    I was the only one in my subway car with a mask on this morning. It’s going to spread like wild fire again. Hopefully there will be less hospitalizations.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    2 years ago

    My partner works at a school and over 10% of their teachers tested positive for COVID this week. It’s gonna be a rough Fall.