San Francisco health officials are urging people to consider masking up in crowded, indoor spaces to help slow the summer surge of COVID-19.
San Francisco health officials are urging people to consider masking up in crowded, indoor spaces to help slow the summer surge ofDr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California San Francisco, says there are a few reasons for this rise in COVID cases, including more summer travel, less people getting vaccinated and the recent heat wave.
"I think California and the Bay Area, as an example, was ripe to seeing a lot of transmissions during the recent period of time," Dr. Chin-Hong said. "The heat waves made a lot of people go indoors. Also the wildfires. So it's almost like our version of winter when everybody's escaping the heat, or wildfires, congregated inside, a lot of noses and mouths together.
"We've seen the highest levels of COVID for a long time in the Bay area, probably close to 2022 summer levels and higher than 2023 summer levels, so a lot of people getting COVID. If we were talking about this in 2020, we'll be talking about ICU beds. In 2022, we'll be talking about hospital beds. This year, there's still hospitalizations that are ticking up but most of the cases are in the outpatient setting. They're in the community."Dr.
Dr. Chin-Hong is recommending those over 65 get the vaccine now if they haven't and get the new one in October. By then, the new shots are expected to come out.What to know about 'Teflon flu' amid a rise in cases in the US
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