The summer surge is officially here. Right now, swaths of the US wastewater map are brightly lit with high or very high levels of Covid detected in the sewage ⬇

The White House announced on Wednesday that President Joe Biden had tested positive for Covid, making him the most prominent example of this summer’s mini-surge, writes @lisamjarvis.bsky.social. Free to read 🔓

Biden Has Covid and the Summer Surge Is Officially Here

A wave of infections has become a summer tradition. But thanks to vaccines and previous exposure, hospitalizations aren’t rising in lockstep.