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DC released it's COVID update for last week. Cases are 25x the prior month. Hospitalizations are down 4.3% from last month to 3.7%.

Posted by MDH Jan 3 '22, 13:59

Glad this seems to be less severe, and that people are hopefully less sick.

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My brother was careful enough to avoid it in Arlington. Less than two weeks in the Dominican Republic and the whole family caught it. - Max Jan 3, 14:03 8
- How long were they planning to be there? Do they have to extend their trip now? -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:37 3
  - Just showed up to start work. My sister-in-law has a two-year stint at the embassy. - Max Jan 3, 14:40 2
    - ahh, so this isn't a little vacation trip :) -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:41 1
      - Not for them but her family came down to do Christmas there and ended up getting the gift of COVID. -- nm - Max Jan 3, 14:49
- ugh, hope its not too tough on your brother and his family -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:07 2
  - He first thought he had food poisoning, which sounds different than the sinus effects I've heard omicron gives. - Max Jan 3, 14:09 1
    - I've actually heard the food poisoning thing -- nm - MDH Jan 3, 14:11
- That IM is "eeesh" - so sorry to hear that -- nm - MDH Jan 3, 14:03
Hospitalizations are a lagging indicator but data does seem to suggest that hospitalizations don't rise at nearly the rate of infections - ty97 Jan 3, 14:02

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