I went to my local medical lab for a blood draw this morning. This is the same lab that I have gone to for the past ten years. During COVID, there were strict masking rules, like all medical facilities at the time. Today, the lab check-in receptionist said that masks were optional when she saw me putting on my KN94 mask. Indeed, I only saw one other patient wearing a mask, and only one lab staff out of ten wearing a mask.
Is the pandemic truly over? There has been little news about vaccine boosters and new variants. In the past, if you Google COVID, there is an interactive case count app on the result page with data from the New York Times. That is no longer available. I had to go to the CDC website to find this:
It is hard to see but the weekly case count is negligible. Should I still be worried? It has been almost six months since my last bivariant vaccine booster. Should I get another one?
Life with chronic diseases 