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UK appears past peak of latest Covid wave
Original: # Covid The UK looks like being over the peak of their wave, at 2/3 height of last year's wave. And no, it's not less te
The UK looks to be over the peak of its current Covid wave, with infection levels at roughly two-thirds the height of last year's wave. Observers note the decline is real and not an artefact of reduced testing: low summer baselines are visible across available data and confirmed by independent measures such as wastewater surveillance and sentinel monitoring. Commenters say it remains to be seen how quickly cases will fall from here.
Why now: New Covid wave data from the UK is being shared and discussed as the wave appears to have peaked.
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- # Covid The UK looks like being over the peak of their wave, at 2/3 height of last year's wave. And no, it's not less testing - the very low summer values are seen everywhere there are data, and also from independent metrics like wastewater, sentinel data. We'll see what the… · dominiksteiger@swiss.social · 3
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