The Centers for Disease Control Changed the Map of Covid Risk

In the old scheme, 100 cases or more per 100 thousand meant high risk of virus transmission. The new scheme shifts the calculation to measures of severe disease. It emphasizes the number of new hospital admissions and how much of a hospital is filled with existing covid patients. Public health experts generally applauded the move but are unhappy that only about a quarter of children aged five through 11 fully vaccinated.