Thankfully northern Virginia hasn’t been a very interesting case study on Covid but I worry it’s about to be one. Heavily vaccinated with cases going vertical hockey sticking the last few weeks. /1 
It’s so very odd to see Alexandria and Arlington near the top of the cases per capita charts for Virginia after eighteen months of this. So-early on quarantining, masks, vax and double-vaxed albeit majority not yet boosted (important). /2
I hear the White House leaning heavily into the lower hospitalization per infection rate but not sure public grasps reports indicating omicron penetrating double-vaxed and reinfects easier so the denominator is larger with people protected from serious outcomes. /3
I’ve mostly stayed out of tweeting on medical Covid but wanted to express concern for misreading of tweet 3 and the risks it creates for the vulnerable, the unvaccinated who have no protection and future variants. That hockey stick is a problem. Even for Arlington. /4
What has been free PCR testing with < 10 minute line now wraps around many blocks in Arlington (hours of wait caused me to give up a preemptive check twice). OK, that’s all. Stay safe. And please do let me know if I’m misunderstanding anything here. Thanks. /5
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