MA Wastewater Tracking (26-May-2023 update)

The tracking suggests that mid-May have been the low for this trough in spread but only time will tell. What we do know is that we've doubled the spread in the southern region and increased by 10% in the northern region. If that was our low, we didn't reach our low from March 2022 and our low was still roughly 10 times higher than we had reached in mid-Jun 2021.

Assuming 125-150 copies/mL equates to the entry to high-risk of 16 cases per 100k people per day, we got as low as 129 and 156 in the southern and northern regions respectively so neither region got out of the high-risk zone.

This time in 2022, we were just starting to reduce spread from a wave in May and that reduction would continue through June before we would start to see spread climb again. Will we skip the June reduction this time around?

The pandemic isn't over. Keep taking precautions. Keep protecting your friends, neighbors, and loved ones from you potentially spreading to them without knowing you're infected.

And if you're not concerned about being one of those that are hospitalized or dead, think about the potential lifelong detriments to your health and capabilities that can come with Long Covid regardless of how severe your COVID-19 symptoms.