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In terms of COVID levels and risk assessment, the<b> CDC's Wastewater Surveillance Monitoring</b> website (link further down) will give you a more accurate look at COVID levels in the Nation, Region, & State. The
<b>CDC Respirator Illnesses</b> page that Clare just shared uses hospital admissions as its metric for COVID levels, whereas Wastewater Surveillance is actively testing all wastewater that comes through the treatment sites. It is a more accurate look at all
currently active COVID cases (even if they don't show symptoms, haven't tested themselves for COVID, or have not gone to the hospital for symptoms - remember that asymptomatic cases account for almost half of all infections).</div>
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Using this metric, the entire country is <b>Very High</b> (also keeping in mind we do not have post-holiday numbers yet). </div>
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<span class="x_elementToProof ContentPasted2" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The CDC recently updated and re-released Wastewater Tracking Data for COVID-19 cases. This is considered the most effective way to trace
levels of COVID within communities, as it is not dependent on people having access to and taking PCR tests and it can detect asymptomatic & pre-symptomatic COVID cases.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted2">Wastewater data can provide: </span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted2">A community-level perspective on what diseases are circulating locally</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.4rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted2">An early warning that levels of infections are increasing or decreasing in a community</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.4rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted2">An efficient, easy approach that doesn’t require visiting a doctor or getting tested for an infectious disease</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted2">Data for communities where patients aren’t always able to get tested for infectious diseases.</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;text-align:left"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted2">State and local health officials track a variety of data and put
this information together to understand the local situation and decide how to best respond to prevent disease spread. Public health officials watch for sustained increasing levels of specific viruses or bacteria in wastewater and use these data to alert clinicians,
hospitals, and the community so that they can quickly take appropriate action to safeguard people’s health.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted2">CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) collects, analyses, and shares data on multiple viruses and bacteria in
wastewater, including SARS-CoV-2 and mpox. NWSS updates the data weekly and makes data available on wastewater data dashboards.</span></p>
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This data can allow people to make the most informed decisions about infection risks.</div>
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Here's how to read the numbers in the data chart:</div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted2"><b class="ContentPasted2">About the Wastewater Viral Activity Level:<span class="ContentPasted2"> </span></b>The
Wastewater Viral Activity Level is a calculated measure that allows us to aggregate wastewater sample data to get state/territorial, regional, and national levels and see trends over time.<span class="ContentPasted2"> </span><b class="ContentPasted2">Most
simply, the value associated with the Wastewater Viral Activity Level is the number of standard deviations above the baseline, transformed to the linear scale.</b> The current Wastewater Viral Activity Level for each state and territory is categorized into
minimal, low, moderate, high, or very high as follows: a Wastewater Viral Activity Level less than 1.5 is categorized as minimal, greater than 1.5 and up to 3 is low, greater than 3 and up to 4.5 is moderate, greater than 4.5 and up to 8 is high, and greater
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u class="ContentPasted2">Easy Reference:</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);"><b class="ContentPasted2"><1.5 - Minimal</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(15, 92, 26);"><b class="ContentPasted2">1.5-3 - Low</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(220, 190, 34);"><b class="ContentPasted2">3-4.5 - Moderate</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b class="ContentPasted2">4.5-8 - High</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(87, 6, 6);"><b class="ContentPasted2">>8 - Very High</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted2">Nationwide, we are currently at<span class="ContentPasted2"> </span><b class="ContentPasted2">11 - Very High</b>. Which is the
highest it has been since January 2023.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-nationaltrend.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA4c3bfad9-c6fd-557d-c822-af038db86313" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted2">https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-nationaltrend.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ContentPasted2">In Michigan, we are currently at<span class="ContentPasted2"> </span><b class="ContentPasted2">12 - Very High</b>. Which is
the highest it has been since almost exactly a year ago, December 2022.</span></div>
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Iowa COVID-19 Tracker is also a great COVID tracking site, which pulls from CDC's wastewater data and a few other sources: <a href="https://iowacovid19tracker.org/" id="LPlnk174009">https://iowacovid19tracker.org/</a></span></span></div>
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The current predictions are that nationwide, we will hit 2 million daily cases by next week (Jan 7-13, 2024), for a total of about 100 million COVID cases (or 1 in every 3 people will be infected) throughout this wave. We have not seen this level of widespread
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 4, 2024 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l@mcls.org <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] COVID and Respiratory Illnesses increasing in MI</font>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hello and Happy New Year!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Just a reminder that Respiratory illnesses are on the rise, including COVID, FLU and RSV.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Many counties in MI are now at moderate levels of infection from one or more of these viruses.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Libraries are encouraged to review their county’s status and other resources available for identifying and mitigating these illnesses at
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https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/index.html</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Take care and be well!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Clare</span></p>
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Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.<span style=""></span></p>
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Library Law Consultant</p>
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Library of Michigan</p>
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<a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">MembielaC@michigan.gov</span></a></p>
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517-335-8132</p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The research and resources above are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; color: black;">“</span><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; color: black;">If
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that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; color: black;">…</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Freestyle Script"; color: black;">.”</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Fairwater Script"; color: black;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">West Va. Bd. Of Ed. V. Barnette,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">319 U.S., at 642<span style="color: rgb(14, 86, 141);">.</span></span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Michigan School Meals program allows for all public school students, grades Pre-K to 12, to eat breakfast and lunch for free. Learn
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