This is off the point of the very helpful post on waste water: Masks have become optional in healthcare settings in my state--Rhode Island--and as CDC guidance is tied to case numbers--which represent a fraction of circulating virus--many facilities have gone mask optional. My husband was in for an urgent X-ray today and it was like going to a grocery store.
Going to a large healthcare facility today, few were masked--including providers. I sure wish that healthcare would make provisions for people who are at risk.
And re: boosters--they're being offered in the UK to immune compromised people, people over 75 and people in NH/care homes. Wish we had an option for boosters here.
Isn’t an element of the higher numbers in cold weather a result of more time spent indoors, leading to increased transmission? How much of an effect does that have on the apparent seasonality of the numbers?
Is there any possibility of boosters twice a year instead of just annually? Maybe not for everyone, but just people at higher risk of severe illness.
This is off the point of the very helpful post on waste water: Masks have become optional in healthcare settings in my state--Rhode Island--and as CDC guidance is tied to case numbers--which represent a fraction of circulating virus--many facilities have gone mask optional. My husband was in for an urgent X-ray today and it was like going to a grocery store.
Going to a large healthcare facility today, few were masked--including providers. I sure wish that healthcare would make provisions for people who are at risk.
And re: boosters--they're being offered in the UK to immune compromised people, people over 75 and people in NH/care homes. Wish we had an option for boosters here.
Isn’t an element of the higher numbers in cold weather a result of more time spent indoors, leading to increased transmission? How much of an effect does that have on the apparent seasonality of the numbers?
Thank you JF & the graphic 'data snapshots' super BR.