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The situation surrounding mpox and COVID

People, some still wearing face masks, ride a subway in Brooklyn in New York City.
People, some still wearing face masks, ride a subway in Brooklyn in New York City.

COVID and mpox are back.

Infection rates are surging but hospitalizations and deaths arerelativelylowcompared to past summers.CDC datafrom the end of Julyput the rate ofCOVIDhospitalizations at around 3 in 100,000. 

What does that signal about the severity of the variants circulating right now?

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Lauren Hamilton