The new Covid cases are increasing at a rate not seen since the

[BigmanPigman]

the 3rd wave last Fall and Winter. If you look at the Worldometers graphs we are currently seeing the middle of an ever increasing number of newly infected people world wide. The 4th wave could exceed the terrible numbers we saw only a few months ago. Deaths are also increasing rapidly but not as severely as the new cases.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[soothsayer]

1. Yes it's very troubling

Younger people hospitalized too

[Laffy Kat]

2. My youngest son, 24, got his first shot yesterday.

I will be so relieved after his booster. My whole family will be immunized at that point.

[Irish_Dem]

5. You will finally be able to relax.

I felt so happy when all my family was vaccinated.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Absolutely. Plus, we can all get together.

My oldest son and his boyfriend live a few miles away. Since they both work in healthcare they got their vaccines early just as I did. It will be so wonderful to simply sit down with everyone for a meal and board games.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. Quiet....Don't Tell The repub Governors Opening Up 100% With No Masks Required nt

[Scrivener7]

4. New York hasn't gone down at all. We are still around 9000 a day. For a little

while it was around 7000 but that's nothing to crow about either.

They say the new New York strain is very contagious. I guess that is what is causing it.

I just want to see that number go down.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Yes, NY has been leveling off

at high number, way too high for too long. It is just like the US overall which has plateaued at 60,000-70,000 new cases daily.

These plateaus at the high rates are NOT good.