The USA is "ending" the emergency, and Oregon is ending mask mandates in healthcare & other locations. This is not because the actual emergency (the pandemic) is over or the actual safety of hospitals has improved.
Wastewater in the USA and in Multnomah county, end of March:
Notice that WW level for the US is higher than at the same time in 2022 or 2021.
Level in Multnomah County are about twice as high as national level.
Covid hospitalization and nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection in Oregon, late March:
Notice that since about May 2022, hospitalized cases have hovered at about 200, and rates of hospital-acquired infection have hovered about 20% of those.
