• @BagelEmbezzler
    link
    11 year ago

    Where do you find those metrics you’re following? I’m also hesitant to drop all precautions as I don’t think my mental health could take an extended bout of brain fog. I’m a bit of a hermit anyway, and like you said, masking is easy.

    I hardly see masks in public at all anymore, though, so I’m feeling unsure about how to tell if everybody’s just acting like it’s over when it isn’t, or if I’m holding out way longer than necessary.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      21 year ago

      The data isn’t as easy to find as it used to be:

      I generally check this every week to get a high-level feel for how the pandemic is going. For months now there’s been around a 1% drop every week. You’ll notice a slight up-tick this last week, breaking that trend.

      https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

      Waste water surveillance is probably the easiest, most accurate way to determine the actual state of the pandemic.

      You can generally get some good data here:

      https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/wastewater-surveillance

      Not all waste water data gets sent there, so Google your state ant COVID waste water and you can probably find some universities or state government run trackers that might have better data specific to your area.

      Finally, excess mortalities can be a helpful metric to watch as well, but it’s more about the overall state of the pandemic, not how any particular week is going.

      https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm