No COVID-19 wave in winter 2022-23 despite Biden admin predictions

KARAH RUCKER: SIX MONTHS AGO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WARNED OF A MASSIVE WINTER SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES – PREDICTING 100 MILLION AMERICANS COULD BE INFECTED WITH COVID-19. BUT THE PREDICTIONS WERE OFF – A MASSIVE WINTER WAVE DIDN’T HAPPEN – ACCORDING TO CDC DATA.

IT WAS THE FIRST WINTER SEASON OF THE PANDEMIC WITHOUT A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES NATIONWIDE.

DURING THE FIRST WINTER WAVE – BEFORE THERE WERE VACCINES – THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF WEEKLY CASES PEAKED AT 1.7 MILLION…THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATHS RECORDED IN A WEEK WAS 23 THOUSAND.

ONE YEAR LATER – WHEN THE U.S. WAS RAVAGED BY OMICRON AND ITS SUB VARIANTS – THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES IN A WEEK PEAKED AT 5.6 MILLION.

WHILE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATHS IN A WEEK WAS 17 THOUSAND.

THEN IN 20-22 – NUMBERS SIGNIFICANTLY DIPPED. THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF WEEKLY INFECTIONS WAS LESS THAN HALF A MILLION. WEEKLY DEATHS PEAKED AT 44 HUNDRED. FIVE TIMES FEWER THAN THE PEAK DURING THE FIRST WINTER. BOTH CASES AND DEATHS DOWN TO FRACTIONS COMPARED TO EARLIER WINTERS OF THE PANDEMIC.

THIS WEEKEND MARKED THREE YEARS SINCE THE CDC WOULD LABEL THE CORONAVIRUS A PANDEMIC.

A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THREE YEARS. VACCINES ARE READILY AVAILABLE AND MORE NATURAL IMMUNITY HAS BUILT UP AGAINST THE VIRUS. THERE ARE LITTLE TO NO LOCKDOWNS OR COVID MANDATES.

AND ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH – WHAT WAS AMERICANS’ NUMBER ONE TOP CONCERN THREE YEARS AGO – IS NOW WHAT THEY’RE CONCERNED WITH THE LEAST.