Slowly and quietly, the US CDC is changing its tune on #COVID19. It is not a seasonal virus but “can surge throughout the year... surges outside the winter season will likely continue as long as new variants emerge and immunity decreases over time… Although COVID-19 is not the threat it once was, it is still associated with thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths each week in the United States, and can lead to Long COVID.” (1/3)
https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/covid-19-can-surge-throughout-the-year.html
Augie Ray /
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2024-07-04 12:29:26
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