As of the Week Before Thanksgiving, Just 1 in 10 Californians Have Received an Updated COVID Vaccine

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Posted on 11/26/2024 3:33:44 PM PST by nickcarraway

Going into the fifth year of post-COVID Thanksgiving festivities, levels of the virus are low statewide

While the chance of a heated political discussion at your Thanksgiving table might be extra high this year, the chance of getting COVID at your family gathering is lower than it has been in the past several years.

That’s even with millions of Californians expected to travel for the holiday.

“The bottom line is that we’re in a very, very good place at this moment,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at UC Berkeley.

Going into the fifth year of post-COVID Thanksgiving festivities, levels of the virus are low statewide, and around most of the country. Santa Clara County’s wastewater testing, which measures levels of the virus in local sewer sheds, shows the virus at low levels across the county.

Data from California’s public health department shows “RSV and influenza activity are low but increasing” and “COVID-19 is currently low in California,” according to data through November 16.

As of this fall, California public health officials publish data on COVID, along with flu and RSV, in weekly respiratory virus updates. The update from the week before Thanksgiving shows the test positivity rates for influenza and RSV have started to rise, while COVID test positivity, hospitalizations and deaths remain low.

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“We went through a really late summer wave, and that really got a lot of Americans immunized,” Swartzberg noted,

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1 posted on 11/26/2024 3:33:44 PM PST by nickcarraway

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5 posted on 11/26/2024 3:39:20 PM PST by Equine1952

That's still an insane amount of people.

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