Could another winter COVID-19 wave be on the way?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — Local health officials are again warning of a potential winter wave of COVID-19 that could tighten the screws on an already strained hospital system.

However, Snohomish Health District health officer Dr. Chris Spitters said a few factors could prevent it: a dramatic increase in vaccinations and a tight adherence to prevention measures, like masking in public and avoiding large gatherings.

And while the flu season last year was minimal, due largely to pandemic-spurred social distancing, the retreat in strict protocols could lead to simultaneous flu and coronavirus surges, Spitters said Tuesday at a media briefing.

“That could again throw hospitals back into a worse state than they were recently, and really they remain struggling, but they’re coming off of the peak,” he said. “But we could go right back there or even beyond.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/could-another-winter-covid-wave-be-on-the-way/

[Bayard]

1. Count on it

Anti-vaxxers would rather die than be proven wrong.

[MiHale]

2. Can I start scoffing now?

Same shit different day. If all those conditions were met earlier in the year it would not come to this. Anti-vax and mask people won’t change. Dramatic increase…please this is america stuff like that doesn’t happen.

I wish I could use the sarcasm emoji but alas…

[brewens]

3. Ramp up the anti-gatherings message. More our our side will take heed; their side will rebel,

and probably have more get togethers.

If we cant taunt them mercilessly and make them dig in deeper against getting vaccinated, we can also goad them into mass gatherings.