It feels like every time we think we are close to being done with COVID-19, nature ups its game with a new variant.
This weekend, the live part of"Saturday Night Live" was canceled due to rising COVID-19 cases, and it wasn't alone. All future shows of the iconic"Christmas Spectacular" at New York's Radio City Music Hall this season have been canceled, on top of postponements or cancellations of NFL, NBA, NHL, and NCAA games.
Rather than lean toward new lockdowns — likely to only make our collective frustration and fatigue worse — CNN reported that Biden administration officials are exploring messaging that would shift our focus from the total number of cases, which would include those that are mild, to a focus on the serious cases."We're getting to the point now where [....
As we do the work to learn about Omicron and prepare for a potential surge — including stressing the importance of vaccination — we can also acknowledge how far we've come in this fight. What we are seeing today is alarming — and experts are bracing for it to get worse — but it's a tremendous drop-off from last year, when our nation averaged around 218,000 new cases on December 18, compared to an average of about 127,000 cases on the same date this year. To refine our focus to center on severe cases makes sense, as it would give us a clearer picture of where we stand in learning to combat COVID-19.
Again, these numbers could change for the worse as time goes on. But right now, to me they tell us that the severity of cases — not solely confirmed cases — should be a key metric in deciding polices that keep us safe from the virus while also allowing us to live our lives. And co-existing with COVID-19 will mean a more targeted, laser-focused approach.
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