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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Eric Berger

‘A ton of Covid out there’: US summer wave not taken seriously enough – experts

a gloved hand injects a vaccine into a person's arm
A person rceives a Covid-19 vaccine at a CVS location in Huntington Park, California, last week. Photograph: Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Infectious disease experts say many people are not taking the latest Covid-19 wave in the US seriously enough and are not getting vaccinated or using antiviral drugs when sick, despite a summer wave that was larger and came earlier than anticipated.

Epidemiologists are saying that while symptoms of this wave are more mild than earlier strains, the virus remains a threat – particularly for older adults and people with underlying health conditions.

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