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COVID-19 2023 Update – Ending of the Public Health Emergency​

(Last updated: June 30, 2023)
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COVID-19 2023 Update – Ending of the Public Health Emergency

With the nationally declared Public Health Emergency ending on May 11, the Connecticut Department of Public Health has announced the State’s COVID-19 recovery plans and next steps. Please visit www.ct.gov/dph for ongoing updates. If you still can't find an answer to your question, please email...
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For the latest COVID-19 guidance, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website

With the nationally declared Public Health Emergency ending on May 11, the Connecticut Department of Public Health has announced the State’s COVID-19 recovery plans and next steps. Please check back here for updates or e-mail any questions to: ASKDPH@ct.gov.

Q: What does the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11 mean?

A: Earlier this year, President Biden announced that the nationally declared Public Health Emergency would expire on May 11, 2023. Under U.S. law, the President can declare a national emergency in response to a disaster or crisis. While the emergency declaration is in effect, the executive branch can exercise “emergency powers” to address the crisis, such as providing various types of relief to individuals, and to state and local governments. When the nationally declared emergency ends, those powers are lifted, and policies that the President enacted using emergency powers expire. Governor Ned Lamont’s declaration of a Public Health Emergency under Connecticut law provided that it would end at the same time as the nationally declared Public Health Emergency.
 
I see faux news still wants more dead people
 
I mean trumpists were saying this is the common cold but still keep kvetching about China i mean its both a threat and something worth ignoring and doing nothing about.

Trump and faux news have blood on their hands. Never ever allow them to wash it off.
 

COVID-19 Metrics See First Increase Since January: CDC​

The increases are small, and it’s unclear if the trend will last, but it’s a notable reversal after months of declines.
By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder July 18, 2023, at 2:59 p.m.

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A COVID-19 testing tent sits along a Manhattan street, March 9, 2023, in New York City.
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COVID-19 indicators have started to show a small uptick nationally for the first time since January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The agency reported this week that coronavirus emergency department visits, test positivity rates and wastewater levels “have begun to show small increases nationally.”
Additionally, COVID-19 hospitalizations have leveled out and are no longer declining.
The increases are small, and it’s unclear if the trend will last. But it’s a notable reversal after months of declining COVID-19 metrics.

And the U.S. isn’t alone. The World Health Organization last week reported that several countries are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases.
 
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HangLow said:

White House cautions against panic as XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant spreads​

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White House cautions against panic as XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant spreads

White House health officials are cautioning against a rush to panic over the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials sta…
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Biden COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha speaks at the White House.

White House health officials are cautioning against a rush to panic over the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials stating it is not yet known if this version is more dangerous.

As of last week, the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is responsible for at least 40 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. As a recombinant virus, the subvariant carries genetic data from two previous strains that descended from the BA.2 subvariant. Roughly 75 percent of cases in the Northeast are now attributed to this strain.

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha posted a lengthy Twitter thread on Wednesday addressing concerns over the sudden rise of XBB.1.5.

He acknowledged that the subvariant going from 4 percent of cases to 40 percent in a matter of weeks was a “stunning increase.”

Jha said XBB.1.5 is likely more immune-evasive than other omicron subvariants and could likely be more contagious as well but said it is not yet known if it is more dangerous than previous mutations.

“If you had an infection before July or your last vaccine was before the bivalent update in September, your protection against an XBB.1.5 infection is probably not that great,” Jha said.
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LOL just in time for primary season its Covid hysteria again
 
multivita-man said:
Me and COVID are spending some quality time together this weekend, lol. Would probably be worse without the shot, so there's that.

Mask up, folks. This virus ain't done with us.
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Oh man, really?
Sorry to hear that.
Do whatever you can to get Paxlovid, it's a miracle drug.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
Oh man, really?
Sorry to hear that.
Do whatever you can to get Paxlovid, it's a miracle drug.
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Thanks for the tip. I think it's clearing up, actually, but still a dry cough and low-grade fever. Will keep Paxlovid in mind for future reference.
 
HangLow said:

White House cautions against panic as XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant spreads​

thehill.com

White House cautions against panic as XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant spreads

White House health officials are cautioning against a rush to panic over the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials sta…
thehill.com thehill.com

Biden COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha speaks at the White House.

White House health officials are cautioning against a rush to panic over the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials stating it is not yet known if this version is more dangerous.

As of last week, the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is responsible for at least 40 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. As a recombinant virus, the subvariant carries genetic data from two previous strains that descended from the BA.2 subvariant. Roughly 75 percent of cases in the Northeast are now attributed to this strain.

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha posted a lengthy Twitter thread on Wednesday addressing concerns over the sudden rise of XBB.1.5.

He acknowledged that the subvariant going from 4 percent of cases to 40 percent in a matter of weeks was a “stunning increase.”

Jha said XBB.1.5 is likely more immune-evasive than other omicron subvariants and could likely be more contagious as well but said it is not yet known if it is more dangerous than previous mutations.

“If you had an infection before July or your last vaccine was before the bivalent update in September, your protection against an XBB.1.5 infection is probably not that great,” Jha said.
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Last time we were told to be afraid.

What has changed?
 
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