This year’s COVID surge may just be starting. Here are four ways to protect yourself. | Boston Globe

Though COVID cases have risen in recent weeks, hospitalization numbers are much lower than this time last year. Speaking to The Boston Globe, CEID faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre attributes the comparatively lower rates to more vaccine & infection derived immunity than in previous years. She adds that as COVID seems to be falling into the same seasonal patterns as other respiratory viruses, we likely have yet to see this winter’s peak. Read the full article here.