Disabled people who are still shielding from Covid have far less trust in the government than the general public and are far more likely to believe it handled the pandemic very badly, a survey has …
Anecdotally: I got my first covid infection as part of that spike, despite getting the latest booster a month prior and being fully vaxed. I did manage to avoid giving it to my wife, though, so based on my sample size (n=2) the new variant(s) driving it are indeed immune-invading, but don’t seem to be more obscenely contagious than normal for covid.
(I unironically blame dialing back my cannabis use for the infection)
Anecdotally: I got my first covid infection as part of that spike, despite getting the latest booster a month prior and being fully vaxed. I did manage to avoid giving it to my wife, though, so based on my sample size (n=2) the new variant(s) driving it are indeed immune-invading, but don’t seem to be more obscenely contagious than normal for covid.
(I unironically blame dialing back my cannabis use for the infection)