Everyone around me is veryyy sick but I've been fine so far wearing my Zimi N95. Sadly have to cohabit with my family and I'm just having relatives come over via plane and go to restaurants... I hope I'll be fine it's very stressful and I wish people took Covid seriously. Got harassed for masking in a hospital by the staff recently.. :/

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[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Still masking everywhere enclosed and/or crowded. I'm having difficulty finding info about covid rates, all my searches come up with dashboards that haven't been updated since the state of national emergency ended in '23. A month or two ago, there was an article claiming rates had dropped to summer 2021 levels for the first time, and I want to see what the data has been like since, if there is any.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not happening in the USA under this administration. All the budgets have been funneled to ICE and/or Trump's shady deals that ultimately line his own pockets.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had been under the impression there was still a sparse network of wastewater monitors who were operating without federal funding.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's been quite a while since I saw such a report, not sure if they have the money, access to labs they need, etc. - many seem to have dropped as low below the radar as they can get, which might mean they're still collecting the data (or just samples), but they're not going to draw attention to themselves until it's more safe to do so.