Has the omicron surge peaked in Massachusetts? | Boston.com

CEID Faculty Drs. Cassandra Pierre and David Hamer discuss the Omicron variant and their expectations regarding COVID:

“…Both Pierre and Hamer noted hospitalization data typically moves at a delayed pace compared to the ups and downs of daily case numbers. ‘We still see a number of critically ill people in our ICUs and that probably will continue (and) remain high for quite some time,’ Pierre said. ‘It is a lagging indicator.’ When exactly the state could see a drop in those numbers is a bit more unclear. Hamer said he hopes to see a decline as soon as within a week or 10 days. Pierre put that development a bit further out, possibly within one to two weeks. ‘I’m not so sure I would put it in a number of days … Certainly by the end of January, beginning of February,’ she said.”

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