When I first heard people use 'endemic' to describe Covid's future, I thought it meant a mild and easy end to a disease, one that we could see in real time. But 'endemic' is not any of those things.
And Covid isn't 'endemic' yet:
Amy Schoenfeld Walker
@amyswalk
Joined June 2012
- There's a lot of news about the Omicron variant, but data we use to understand it requires explanation that doesn't fit into headlines. Here's what Covid data can and can't tell us in this moment.
- States in the South and West have lower Covid vaccination rates among adults, a pattern seen in past campaigns. Thanks @jlswann for seeding the idea and @TinglongDai for talking it through! Here's Julie's paper on H1N1 vax rates: bit.ly/3uRDo7e nyti.ms/3gaG4aC
- The U.S. is on track to meet the president's goal to partly vaccinate 70 percent of adults by July 4, but our national progress masks uneven rates among states. With @LazaroGamio @simonelandon
