No one wants to hear it, but another COVID wave is here

No one wants to hear it, but another COVID wave is here in Maryland COVID cases are rising in Maryland, along with much of the Northeastern U.S., prompting new calls for people to take steps to protect themselves. Baltimore Sun

Cases are rising around Maryland and much of the Northeast so fast it seems that everyone knows someone who has COVID-19. Some of those infected had it before, while others have it for the first time.

“This isn’t over,” said Crystal Watson, public health lead in the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security’s Coronavirus Resource Center, during a news conference Friday marking the United States reaching the milestone of a million COVID-19 deaths earlier in the week.

“We are in the midst of a surge,” she said.

It may not be like the pandemic peak over the winter of 2021-2022, Watson said, “but it’s still important to be actively vigilant about preventing infection.”

That’s not a message people want to hear, public health experts and officials acknowledge. But it’s necessary.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Thursday that the third of the country with high numbers of cases, including the Northeast and Midwest, should mask up again indoors and in crowded spaces. ...

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