Fall has arrived, flu shots are rolling out in pharmacies, and pediatricians are watching for an uptick in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. In other words, it’s virus season. Covid deaths and hospitalizations also began rising at the end of July, and wastewater surveillance that looks for the virus has been on a slow upward trend.
So do we have a “Covid season” now? It’s an important question, because knowing when cases will surge could help public health officials and health care administrators plan for vaccines, treatments, and hospital staffing—and might prompt everyone else to be a little more self-protective.
But experts on the front lines and doing data analysis say
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