“By wastewater levels, JN.1 is now associated with the second-biggest wave of infections in the [US] in the pandemic, after Omicron. We have lost the ability to track the actual number of infections since most people either test at home or don’t even test at all, but the very high wastewater levels of the virus indicate about 2 million Americans are getting infected each day.”

The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?
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Opinion: In 2024, why are we still playing make-believe about COVID?

Thanks to the newly dominant strain JN.1, about 2 million Americans are getting infected each day.

^{Eric J. Topol (Los Angeles Times)}