With only months to go before the election, COVID cases are surging and new vaccines are on the way. Will we see a repeat of 2020?

From The Epoch Times. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that COVID-19 levels across the United States are currently “very high” in more than half of the states, with Omicron variants KP.3 and KP.3.1.1 accounting for about half of all cases.

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Citing wastewater data as of Aug. 15, the CDC said that “very high” COVID-19 levels are being observed in 32 states and the District of Columbia, and “high” levels are being observed in 11 states. All of the states along the West Coast and the Mountain states are in the “very high” range, according to the CDC.

A separate CDC dashboard shows that, for the week ending Aug. 10, COVID-19 emergency department visits were slightly down, at 2.4 percent from 2.5 percent, while hospitalizations were slightly up, at 3.3 percent from 3.2 percent. During a previous increase in cases in December 2023, emergency department visits peaked at 3.4 percent, according to CDC data. …

In the current wave of COVID-19, the agency’s Nowcast tracker, which displays virus estimates for two-week periods, shows the Omicron-derived KP.3.1.1 strain accounting for 36.8 percent of positive infections, while the KP.3 variant is at 16.8 percent.

A spokesperson for the CDC told The Epoch Times earlier in August that the KP.3.1.1 variant “is very similar to other circulating variants in the United States, and all current lineages are descendants of JN.1, which emerged in late 2023.” …

Meanwhile, an advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration said in June that major U.S. vaccine makers should now target any COVID-19 variants that are derived from JN.1. Those vaccines should be rolled out in the fall of 2024, according to officials. …

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Anshu A on Unsplash)