Update to my COVID post from earlier in the week: Those Nerdy Girls newest post tells us that, using wastewater surveillance, current estimates are that 5% of people in the United States are currently infected with COVID, the largest proportion since the initial Omicron wave two years ago. In the United Kingdom, JN.1 caused a similar wave just before Christmas, with London having an even higher infected rate of almost 6%.
Those Nerdy Girls remind us that about 1,500 people in the United States are dying from COVID every week, making COVID much deadlier than the flu. They also remind us that the COVID vaccine that became available in September ’23 is effective against JN.1 and urge people to receive it if they haven’t already. They also remind people that masking, ventilation, testing, and staying home when you are sick help in avoiding spread not only of COVID but also flu and other viruses.
Please do what you can to keep yourself and others safe and healthy!
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Joanne Corey 
And people should stay home when they are sick even if they claim “it’s just a cold” and not spread those germs, either.
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Yes. That is something that Those Nerdy Girls point out in their post. If symptomatic people do have to be out, say, to go to the doctor, they should wear a 94 or 95 mask to contain their germs so they aren’t likely to infect others.
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