Kansas City Confronts New COVID Wave: Nobody Cares?!?

Out in the real world NOBODY is wearing a mask, public health restrictions don't exist and very few people seem concerned about the next phase in the pandemic . . .

Notice a great many warm weather concert announcements and other public events in social media feeds. 

Moreover . . . This media alert from KU Med & the newspaper doesn't seem resonate amongst far more widely followed TV reporters and might not make the first few minutes of local broadcasts.

In fairness, take a peek the dire prediction . . .

Experts at the University of Kansas Health System say that hospitalizations are rising in the Northeast, often the first region to see new pandemic data trends.

“Unfortunately, we are going to see another wave, and it’s going to come soon in this direction,” said Dr. Steve Stites, Chief Medical Officer at The University of Kansas Health System, in a news briefing on Friday, May 6. “I think in the next six to eight weeks we’ll start to experience it more here.”

Infectious disease expert Dr. Dana Hawkinson added that case numbers are likely being underreported due to fewer testing events and clinics, more at-home testing and many people not testing at all.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Another COVID wave may be on its way to Kansas City, local health experts say

National COVID-19 data suggests that a new pandemic wave may be heading for the Midwest, despite current data showing slow case increases and low hospitalizations & death counts. Experts at the University of Kansas Health System say that hospitalizations are rising in the Northeast, often the first region to see new pandemic data trends.

You decide . .