UPDATE (Sat, Dec 23): We are now up to 1 in 29 people with COVID in the U.S., as the JN.1 variant surge accelerates. (Source: twitter.com/JPWeiland/st... )

This is one reason when my neurologist said if things get worse go to the hospital, there is no way I'm going to the hospital

A cursory examination of my local media outlets (Portland): no mention of Covid, rising cases, holiday travel, hospitalizations, masking, etc. Our collective amnesia is media manufactured.