Covid-19 Tracker: The Age Of Ambiguity

San Francisco CA

17 February, 2022

6:22 PM

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By Mark Rabine, Mission Local February 16, 2022 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Hospitalizations, positivity rates and recorded infections continue in steep decline. R Number models show San Francisco in a range from .65 to 1.28, with an average still among the highest in the state. The rise in political and social ambiguity so far in the 21st century has been driven largely by digital technology, the "war on terror" and politicians like Obama and Trump. The pandemic added a whole new personal layer and the "post-omicron" surge doesn't suggest more certain days ahead. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.