Summary
Covid cases are surging across the U.S. post-holidays, with rising test positivity, hospitalizations, and deaths, while booster uptake remains low.
Only 21.4% of adults and 10.3% of children have received the latest booster, leaving vulnerable groups, including the elderly, at higher risk.
Experts warn of continued dangers from Covid, including long Covid and economic impacts, as the virus has not yet reached an endemic state.
With uncertain federal priorities, researchers stress the importance of monitoring infections, updating vaccines, and using preventive measures to mitigate future waves.
Yeah, having never had covid, I definitely notice a lot of friends and family around me seeming to struggle mentally with stuff they used to be good at. And some of them physically, too. It has had a pretty noticeable cost already with most of them only getting it 1-3 times so far. If it keeps being around and adding up and people keep thinking of it as not a big deal, I can’t imagine how much more it’s going to affect them in 5-10 years.
So far, none of them have even gotten the specific effects necessary for a “long covid” label, but it has clearly done something.
I’ve had it three times. My wife has had it five. I can’t put my finger on anything but I’m definitely not as sharp as I was. People started up a game of scattergories on new year’s. I used to play it all the time 20 years ago. This was a new version.
I couldn’t think. Now I had several beers and champagne and a joint by this point, but it was really upsetting. I can’t think like I used to. It could just be age.
Try going sober for a month and see if anything changes.
I did that last year. I didn’t feel any different 30 days after my last drink versus 2.