Day: December 28, 2021

Workout: yoga class, some rehab, 1:04 bike (home: 20 miles; did 3 of those at a “new to me” higher resistance); glute feels good. But …not much walking at all.

Later: first snow of the season. Not the worst but..yuck.

Local: COVID numbers are awful.

Positivity rate: 16.95 percent.

So, we cancelled our trip to Indianapolis to watch the Colts vs Raiders; leave that to younger people.

So, omicron is here, though some of what we are seeing is pain old delta.

Yes, I am seeing reports from social media follow/followers who have close relatives in ICU’s.

Yes..this was 5 days ago…this is not something that is mild or “just a cold”. Look at the contrast. And remember hospitalizations are a lagging indicator.

Now the CDC has new guidelines for vaccinated, asymptomatic people. This is the science they are based on:

So let’s look at what we know

Here’s a graphic from @FT by @jburnmurdoch that's adapted from @michaelmina_lab piece in @NEJM

Simply speaking, there are three periods of time you can be PCR+ (I label as A, B, and C)

Its an excellent graphic and critical to this whole story

5/n pic.twitter.com/bERLv3axox

— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) December 26, 2021

Sadly, there is still a ton of ignorance out there and I’ve taken to muting and scrolling past.