Super Bowl parties: likely super spreader events, new variants...
"#Wastewater levels: still rising. Historically, Feb: marked by a rapid decline in transmission."
-M Hoerger, PHD
"US this year >2M cases of #COVID, 158K hospitalizations & 16K deaths. 23rd week in a row: >1K new deaths. 2/18 weekly update: new: 218K cases, 1,800 deaths.
Total infections: difficult to estimate & wastewater data isn’t perfect.
It'd be helpful if CDC starts releasing estimates, like they do for the flu." -BNO
Update: "US is in a prolonged high-transmission #COVID surge.
68M infections in the US in 2024
1.2M daily infections
2.7% (1 in 38) are actively infectious today
60K+ resulting #LongCOVID cases/day
Transmission remains higher today than during about 86% of the pandemic -higher than: 5-8th largest waves in the US. Last week, we estimate: peak day of the hill was 2/7. Daily transmission: likely range from 0.5-1.4M infections/day over the next month
*fall in half within 4 wks."
-M Hoerger