Numbers are spiking in a number of states.
Anthony Faucias the BA.2 Omicron subvariant continues to spread."We likely will see an uptick in cases as we've seen in the European countries, particularly the U.K., where they've had the same situation as we've had now," he warned."They have BA.2. They have a relaxation of some restrictions such as indoor masking, and there's a waning of immunity.
, MD, echoed similar concerns. While he agreed that cases might not amount to anything close to the peaks seen over the winter, he said the overall outcome will depend on the actions taken to"As well as the lifting of mitigation, people are going out more, they're interacting more, and some declining immunity from people who are boosted a long time ago or infected a long time ago.
While both officials tempered their warnings, saying cases don't appear to be more severe than previous subvariants, some experts argued that it's essential to take advantage of the currently available breathing room to, DrPH, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, toldRead on to see which states have experienced COVID surges of more than 15 percent over the past week as of March 22, according to data...
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