Another Omicron subvariant, BA.2.12.1, became dominant this past week. I think months ago, some health officials were predicting that we would largely be out of the pandemic by now but as we've talked about, the virus continues to spread. Overall, we certainly saw travel increases from last Memorial Day but it was not quite back to where we were in 2019. ![]() And that is according to AAA.Īirports were ramping up in the expectation of getting closer to pre-pandemic travel numbers and also pointing to this being an indicator for a huge summer of travel. ![]() It really hasn't felt that way but I think this year seemed different with more than 39 million people in the U.S. Garcia: Well, thanks for having me back, Todd, and yeah, many see Memorial Day as the official start of summer for the past couple of years. We're just coming off a big Memorial Day weekend with cases continuing to rise across the country. Andrea, thanks so much for joining us today. I'm Todd Unger, AMA's chief experience officer also in Chicago. Today we have our weekly look at the numbers, trends and latest news about COVID-19 with the AMA's Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, in Chicago. ![]() Unger: Hello, this is the American Medical Association's COVID-19 Update video and podcast.
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