Fewer colds, coughs, fevers and sick days are interrupting our day-to-day lives now than in late December and early January. Last year was COVID’s least deadly so far, with 6,900 deaths in California, still far outpacing the 400 flu deaths the state saw in the same period.
Fewer colds, coughs, fevers and sick days are interrupting our day-to-day lives now than in late December and early January, Last year was COVID ’s least deadly so far, with 6,900 deaths in California, still far outpacing the 400 flu deaths the state saw in the same period., where they tend to stay for much of the year. COVID ’s curve is also on the way down this month but will be much more of a roller coaster in the next six months than the other respiratory viruses.
“RSV and influenza have a very well-defined seasonality to them, from late fall through March typically,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. COVID tends to be at its worst in the winter months, but “COVID has not yet established seasonality,” and By early February COVID positivity rates, the percent of tests that come back positive, were down to 7.1%, from a peak this season of just over 12% at the beginning of January. Influenza has dropped more dramatically, down to about
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