The summer surge of COVID-19 infections has begun earlier and at higher levels than in previous years. As the <em>Washington Post</em> notes, the entire public health apparatus has been dismantled, allowing the virus free rein to spread unhindered.
As has often been the case throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC is implementing this policy shift during a lull in rates of infections and hospitalizations across the country.
In total, the CDC estimates that there have been roughly 1,185,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US, but reliable estimates of excess deaths attributable to the pandemic place the real figure at over 1.4 million.
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Although it’s spotty and inconsistent in many places, wastewater testing is pointing to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with as many as one-third of Americans expected to contract the