As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations creep up during a summer wave of heightened virus activity, updated vaccines are still likely weeks away.

Why it matters:

  • Americans have largely tuned out COVID, but the latest COVID uptick is a reminder that the virus continues to circulate and mutate — though the threat is far below pandemic-era levels.
  • Health officials face a challenge convincing a pandemic-fatigued public to get an updated COVID shot, as vaccine uptake has declined with each successive booster.
  • KarmicSquish@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hold on now! This kind of thinking just won’t do. It doesn’t fit the narrative.

    Don’t you realize how scared you’re supposed to be?? It Covid version 2.1.1.2. This one will be worse and you simply must fear it. It’s the only way

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      1 year ago

      No one said anything about being scared of COVID. That is in your imagination.

      Being aware and prepared is not the same as being scared.