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As people gathered with loved ones over Thanksgiving, data suggests the virus had an opportunity to spread. But so far hospitals have seen only modest increases in patients hospitalized or in intensive care units with COVID.
“The reality is that things are really not going well at the moment,” said Jacob Lemieux, an infectious disease doctor, noting the rise in COVID cases. But hospitals do not appear to be overwhelmed.
"If COVID history has taught us anything, we should be looking to the UK and Europe as a signal of what to expect locally,” said Bronwyn MacInnis, of the Broad Institute. "We're typically about two or three weeks behind.”
When it comes to the post-omicron phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts, experts have a lot optimism about the spring. But after that, there’s a lot less certainty.