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"For the third year, Americans are greeting the unofficial start of summer
shadowed by the specter of the coronavirus amid rising covid-19 cases and
hospitalizations across the country.
The United States is recording more than 100,000 infections a day — at least
five times higher than this point last year — as it confronts the most
transmissible versions of the virus yet. Immunity built up as a result of the
record winter outbreak appears to provide little protection against the latest
variants, new research shows. And public health authorities are bracing for
Memorial Day gatherings to fuel another bump in cases, potentially seeding a
summer surge.
It’s a far cry from a year ago, with predictions of a “hot vax summer”
uninhibited by covid concerns. Back then, coronavirus seemed to teeter on the
brink of defeat as cases plummeted to their lowest levels since spring 2020 and
vaccines became widely available for adults. Even the vaccinated and boosted
now grudgingly accept the virus as a formidable foe that’s here to stay as
governments abandon measures to contain it."
Via Dewayne Hendricks and Dave Farber.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
