Washington Post: Hey, the Omicron wave may have slowed already in NYC, Boston, and in other cities

Omicron, we hardly knew ya’:

Omicron waves appear to slow in New York City, other major metropolitan areas https://t.co/D7gAjgsY6q

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2022

This is good news:

New York's positivity rate slipping. Coronavirus levels plunging in Boston wastewater. ER visits declining along I-95 states.

Omicron's explosive growth in the Northeast is showing signs of slowing down https://t.co/BjJbOjTCCj w/ @KnowlesHannah

— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) January 12, 2022

The same thing appears to be happening in the UK, too:

Omicron wave appears to have peaked in the U.K., a WSJ analysis of data suggests, fueling hope the variant’s impact may be brief https://t.co/ISnoJWKkvR

— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) January 13, 2022

It’s almost as if this is what viruses do:

“You got a picture of an East Coast that’s rapidly improving, a Southeast that’s not far behind, a Midwest that’s maybe a week behind the East Coast while the West Coast has not yet peaked …. Our assessment is we have likely peaked as a country.” https://t.co/2kxMZhBonF

— Debbi Wilgoren (@DebbiWilgoren) January 13, 2022

Exit question: Will the Biden administration have the website up for free tests before the wave is officially over?

“Omicron is more like a flash flood than a wave. It goes to enormously high levels very quickly and then, based on other parts of the world, may come down very quickly,” said Tom Frieden, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director https://t.co/84jBhiysuV

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) January 13, 2022

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