Covid-19 Tracker: Is This What "Endemic" Looks Like?

San Francisco CA

28 April, 2022

8:18 PM

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By Mark Rabine, Mission Local April 27, 2022 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Recorded infections and positivity rates are rapidly rising, while hospitalizatons rise slowly. R Number estimates confirm increasing circulation of the virus, but wastewater monitoring suggests it might be in retreat. Welcome to Omincron, episode 2. In this episode, though recorded infections are rising expert celebrities celebrate the pandemic's demise (or to be more precise the "end of the pandemic phase"). Yes, it's all good. And if you don't agree (as is your prescribed right in America), you can always wear an N95. Exciting isn't it? 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.