Public health experts have been concerned about the possibility of a summer surge and now Massachusetts COVID wastewater data seems to be backing that up.
Infectious disease experts are worried that the fastest-spreading COVID-19 subvariant yet could drive a new wave of infections. Public health experts have said that people are getting re-infected with the BA.5 omicron subvariant, which seems to be more effective at evading immunity both from vaccination and natural infection.
“From my vantage point here, in terms of cases and looking at the wastewater and what's going on in the hospital, is that we're just sort of stuck, that we've really plateaued," Tufts Medical Center's Dr. Shira Doron said."I think that is the BA.4 or 5, in fact, especially BA.5, not letting the cases continue to decline after a wave.”
Dr. Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center joined NBC10 Boston to clear up misconceptions about the omicron BA.5 subvariant. Despite a rise in COVID hospitalizations across the nation, the rates have remained low locally, Boston doctors said Tuesday during NBC10 Boston's latest “We are basically in a plateau.
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