COVID update - a slow slog with more hospitalizations. But avoiding deaths

Wanted to give a brief update on the COVID situation in Wisconsin. It's been a slow slide downward for (reported) over the last 3 weeks, but nearly 1,500 cases a day are still being reported in our state today.

And given the lag between cases and hospitalizations from COVID, it shouldn't surprise us that this state saw its highest number of COVID hospitalizations in nearly 6 months last week before falling back.

But that rise in hospitalizations has not translated into COVID-related deaths, which indicates that both vaccination and improved treatment has made it more likely that Wisconsinites do not die.

What's also worth noting in Wisconsin is that this rise in hosptializations is what caused 15 of Wisconsin's counties to be categorized as having a "high" level of COVID per CDC guidelines. Although the geographic distribution is quite noticeable.

Not great, but I think people have largely adjusted to the situation, and the lessening of complications is a good sign as the school year looms. But as someone in his late 40s, I sure would like to be able to have my 2nd booster some time soon. Just saying.