Morning Jolt: The Omicron Wave Subsides

On the menu today: The Omicron wave is just about done, with new cases now down 80 percent from the early January peak. But judging from masking- and vaccination-policy decisions from Washington, D.C., to New York City to Canada, you would think the Omicron variant was still raging out of control; the CDC's data reveal that the Delta variant hasn't been seen in weeks; and Fairfax County Public Schools have to start the clock on the countdown to allowing students to go maskless, as the county has passed the threshold for "moderate community transmission."

Omicron Comes, Omicron Goes

The Omicron wave is just about done.

On the New York Times‘s chart, the seven-day average of daily new cases nationwide peaked at 806,000 on January 14. Mondays tend to bring spikes, likely reflecting a backlog of delayed reports from the weekend. On January 3, the country reported more than 1 million new cases, and on January 10, the country reported more than 1.4 million new cases.

Yesterday, the country reported about 206,000 new ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 15 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 15 2022 The Omicron Wave Subsides On the menu today: The Omicron wave is just about done, with new cases now down 80 percent from the early January peak. But judging from masking- and vaccination-policy decisions from Washington, D.C., to New York City to Canada, you would think the Omicron variant was still raging out of control; the CDC's data reveal that the Delta variant hasn't been seen in weeks; and Fairfax County Public Schools have to start the clock on the countdown to allowing students to go maskless, as the county has passed the threshold for "moderate community transmission." Omicron Comes, Omicron Goes The Omicron wave is just about done. On the New York Times‘s chart, the seven-day average of daily new cases nationwide peaked at 806,000 on January 14. Mondays tend to bring spikes, likely reflecting a backlog of delayed reports from the weekend. On January 3, the country reported more than 1 million new cases, and on January 10, the country reported more than 1.4 million new cases. Yesterday, the country reported about 206,000 new ...   READ MORE

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