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   Augie Ray (augieray@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 08:13:13 JST Augie Ray

   Three-minute US #COVID19 update 🧵 :

   - The CDC wastewater monitoring shows we're at the highest level of sustained growth since last December. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#wastewater-surveillance

   - Biobot demonstrates continued growth of COVID in wastewater with acceleration particularly pronounced in the West and Midwest (which are catching up to the higher COVID levels in the South and Northeast). Rates are still relatively low, but they are continuing to rise. https://biobot.io/data/

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     Augie Ray (augieray@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 08:13:11 JST Augie Ray

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     COVID risks are rising. COVID isn't just an acute illness but can leave people with chronic and possibly permanent reduction in health. Repeat infections increase risks. And you've probably not been jabbed for six to 12 months.

     All of that means now is a good time to be cautious with crowds indoors, particularly places where people will be breathing heavy (gyms, bars with lots of loud talking, rooms with people singing, etc.)

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     Augie Ray (augieray@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 08:13:12 JST Augie Ray

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     - The Walgreen's COVID positive rate has never been higher throughout the entire pandemic (although this is based on low test volume). https://www.walgreens.com/healthcare-solutions/covid-19-index

     - The CDC's test positivity rate is based on a much larger sample. It has doubled in just two weeks and is still rising. If the current trend continues, we'll have the highest positive rate since last July within ten days. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_select_testpositivity_00

     - The CDC reports COVID hospitalizations are up 12% over last week. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_new-admissions-rate-county

     Jay Baker (they/he) repeated this.