COVID rising - things to know
COVID-19 on the rise: What you need to
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we caught a bit of a break this summer. It was nice, but it's over now. And there's no question that across the country, COVID cases are going up. Still pretty uncommon, but definitely increasing.
the rapid tests in particular are very sensitive to how much virus you’re shedding. So now, they're not as good as they used to be. And there was one paper this summer that suggested that if you test positive, you're okay. You know you have COVID. But if you have test negative, you have to do at least three tests on three days to know that you actually don't have COVID
most of it is probably just length of time since vaccines and new variants coming
how sick you get from COVID depends on how many doses of vaccine you had, when you had your last dose of vaccine, whether you've been infected before and if so, how many times.
The people who are really at risk are people who are older and people who are immunocompromised
we have an accumulation of, you know, a large number of people who are suffering from long COVID
it's so important for people to get their booster vaccination and their flu vaccine and their RSV vaccine if it's available to them.
there are some very specific reasons why people might consider getting, you know, what booster is available now and not waiting. For most of us however, it makes sense to wait till the boosters come, or at least wait to see what happens with this increase
still, you know, the basics that we always knew apply