Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith<p>COVID numbers are going up, but <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/RSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSV</span></a> cases continue to drop in <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>. We still don't have accurate hospitalization numbers for <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influenza</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/RSVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSVirus</span></a> here, but it looks like the overall risk of hospitalization and death from acute airborne infectious diseases is dropping.</p><p>I'm going to plan for indoor dining and singing, and maybe travel, but as long as this many people are dying and being hospitalized I'll <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> in elevators, trains, doctor's offices, pharmacies and supermarkets!</p>