Wastewater tests show COVID infections surging, but pandemic fatigue limits precautions

Wastewater tests show COVID infections surging, but pandemic fatigue limits precautions - New Jersey Monitor With pandemic fatigue also in full force, and deaths and hospitalizations well down from peaks in 2021, many are shrugging off the new wave. New Jersey Monitor

With pandemic fatigue also in full force, and deaths and hospitalizations well down from peaks in 2021 because of high vaccination and immunity rates, many people are inclined to shrug off the new wave, fueled by the JN.1 variant. But COVID-19 continues to take thousands of lives a month. Older, sicker people need to take particular precautions, experts point out, and everybody should think about the debilitating condition known as long COVID that can strike even young, healthy people and last years.

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