It seems as if “tripledemic” has finally been dropped by the news media. For the simple reason that COVID is failing to play its part. Near as I can tell, there’s still no trend in new cases, we’re way past the point where prior winter waves started, and there’s nothing happening in Canada.
Like so:
Data source for this and other graphs of new case counts: Calculated from The New York Times. (2021). Coronavirus (Covid-19) Data in the United States. Retrieved 12/1/2022, from https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data.” The NY Times U.S. tracking page may be found at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
Source: Our World in Data, via Google search.
Note that Canada is not subject to any Thanksgiving-based data reporting errors at this point, as they had their Thanksgiving last month.
And here’s another little kick in the pants. Looks like the flu season — the one that started early — is peaking early. Nationally, cases continue to climb. But the national scene isn’t what matters to any one individual.
Below, I note that the flu season got started in the South Atlantic states. And it appears to have peaked in those states. Keep your eye on Georgia and surrounding states:
Source: US CDC Fluview interactive, accessed 12/1/2022
No guarantees. But trees don’t grow to the sky. And flu seasons don’t last forever.
Now if I could only figure out how to pronounce syncytial.
