COVID-19 hospitalisations are rising in New York City with over 500 admissions across 5 boroughs from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5—the highest weekly total since early October last year. The first week of September also recorded 12 COVID-related deaths.
🔹State positivity hit 3.4% (up from 1.15% last month)
🔹LA County positivity jumped from 1.52% to 4.28% in just one week
🔹Wastewater concentrations levels are rising too
Source: archive.md/gnLgn
Chances Anyone is Infectious:
🔸1 in 269 people infectious (0.4%)
🔹1 person: 0.4%
🔹10 people: 3.7%
🔹20 people: 7.2%
🔹50 people: 17.0%
🔹100 people: 31.1%
🔹300 people: 67.2%
"BA.3.2 carries roughly 70 to 75 mutations in its spike protein compared with recent strains... Some of those changes may help it partially evade immunity from past infections or vaccination."
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🔸1 in 87 Actively Infectious
🔸565,000 Daily Infections
🔸4,100,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸54,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸205,000 to 820,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,200 to 1,900 Weekly Excess Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 71 Actively Infectious
🔸692,000 Daily Infections
🔸5,020,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸40,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸251,000 to 1,000,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,400 to 2,400 Weekly Excess Deaths
pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 65 Actively Infectious
🔸752,000 Daily Infections
🔸5,350,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸35,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸268,000 to 1,070,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,500 to 2,500 Weekly Excess Deaths
pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 52 Actively Infectious
🔸941,000 Daily Infections
🔸6,020,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸18,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸301,000 to 1,200,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,700 to 2,900 Weekly Excess Deaths
pmc19.com/data/
"COVID-19 is making headlines in several ways right now. Infections are up in multiple parts of the country, and COVID vaccines are not available for many people who could get them last year."
Source: archive.md/DWKSZ
"Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2, rose from 10.2% to 11.2%."
"SARS-CoV-2 detections in wastewater are "very high" in Alabama, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington, DC."
"It's hard to predict COVID infections, but rates are high and growing throughout the country. Here’s what you should do to keep you and your loved ones safe."
August 15, 2025
Big right-wing money undermined public health to block what should have been a moment of major systemic change.
A million+ died, millions more got long COVID, and the virus is still circulating.
Reckon with that
'A Trump-Pence Strategy on the Virus: Interrupt, Distract, Change the Subject' (The New York Times
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'A Trump-Pence Strategy on the Virus: Interrupt, Distract, Change the Subject' (The New York Times
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#NotreDame: Students and faculty are furious that the Rev. John I. Jenkins failed to wear a mask at a White House ceremony and then later tested positive for the virus (The New York Times)
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#NotreDame: Students and faculty are furious that the Rev. John I. Jenkins failed to wear a mask at a White House ceremony and then later tested positive for the virus (The New York Times)
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Time: Trump said he’s feeling good and the nation should not be afraid of the virus that has killed more than 209,000 Americans
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Time: Trump said he’s feeling good and the nation should not be afraid of the virus that has killed more than 209,000 Americans
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The Guardian: Donald Trump condemned for Covid stunt 'insanity' as US approaches 7.5m cases
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The Guardian: Donald Trump condemned for Covid stunt 'insanity' as US approaches 7.5m cases
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San Francisco in coronavirus ‘red zone,’ freezes reopenings
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San Francisco in coronavirus ‘red zone,’ freezes reopenings
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Oklahoma governor, who resisted statewide mask mandates, has coronavirus
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Oklahoma governor, who resisted statewide mask mandates, has coronavirus
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‘Not knowing, it’s just killing us’ — parents, teachers wrestle with reopening schools (Los Angeles Times
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‘Not knowing, it’s just killing us’ — parents, teachers wrestle with reopening schools (Los Angeles Times
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As U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit 3.5 Million, Officials Scramble to Add Restrictions
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As U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit 3.5 Million, Officials Scramble to Add Restrictions
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