starting about a month ago. you can also see them clearly coming down again, now, about as fast as they went up. which seems like really good news for the boston area. the other chart i want to show you comes from doctor bob wachter san francisco department of medicine. now, this chart shows the number of positive covid tests, at the university hospital. you can see the numbers skyrocket in december. now, the dark line on top, shows the percentage of patients who came into are presented with covid like symptoms, a fever, sore throat, who then tested positive. so nearly half the people who come into the hospital, saying hey, i feel sick, test positive for covid. just as interesting, is the line right below. that s the percentage of asymptomatic patients who tested positive for covid. those are people who are in the hospital for something else entirely, not showing any signs of covid, but our testing for it anyway, and more than 12% of those people have covid, then even though it. doct
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optimism out there. our daily death toll around 15 1600 souls, health experts are beginning to prepare for what comes next. our next guest is quoted in the senate for go chronicle under the eye catching headline, this is it is the consensus among covid experts. the article include their recent post from one of those experts doctor bober doctor who wrote quote, for the past 18 months my personal covid choices very cautious, which oven by prospects of lowered risk in the future mostly via vaccines. my current view is that we re nearing a new normal, at least for the next few years. it drives me to choices on travel, dining, etc that feel right, long term. for more we welcome to our broadcast the mentioned bob wachter professor and chair of the department of medicine at ucsf, university of california san francisco, one of the bay area s leading experts on the