Covid can peak in the United States in a few weeks. Here’s what you need to know.

These sniffs are probably not a summer cold; Covid-19 is everywhere right now.

And things should get worse before improving. Some experts predict that viruse rates will continue to increase while we are leaving this overvoltage of summer infection.

Jay Weiland, an infectious disease modeler, shared on social networks that he predicts that the Summer Covid-19 wave will reach a peak in early September. So, it is now time to follow the prevention strategies, such as wearing a mask in overcrowded spaces and washing your hands well.

Jenn Dowd, professor of demography and population health at the University of Oxford in England, has referred Health, With recent data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which show that headdresses increased in all states except five. “Since the data is lagging behind for a week, its levels are probably already higher, with a peak scheduled for early September, just in time for the start of the school year,” Dowd wrote in his newsletter.

This prediction must be taken with a grain of salt, according to experts. Covid turned out to be anything but predictable in the past five years and more.

“One thing to know is that a September peak is a better supposition based on current trends, but we cannot know with certainty how the current increase in the current increase in cases will be on the other side,” Dowd to Huffpost by e-mail.

Fortunately, the levels of covid are lower than that of last summer, according to wastewater data and the levels of hospitalization, “but, the start of the school could pour fuel over the fire of any viral spread, we will therefore have a better image in the coming weeks,” added Dowd.

The models that are used to predict coid peaks are an imperfect tool, but still contain precious information, added Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist of infectious diseases.

“If we look at the past, we have always had a summer wave (and) we have always had a seasonal flu wave returning to school. It is therefore not surprising that they only refer to both the historical incidence of the cocvid and what we see in wastewater to say that it is probably that many people probably have the virus right now, “said the cocovated river.

However, Malaty Rivera said that wastewater data is only accurate to some extent.

“You cannot always say that the presence of viruses (in wastewater) is an infectious virus,” she said.

Wastewater data cannot distinguish between the active virus and someone’s non -infectious virus fragments that was infected months ago, said Malaty Rivera. (Just like how, at the start of the cocovated pandemic, PCR tests could come back positive for months after someone is awarded a COVVI-19 infection, she noted).

“And therefore the presence of COVID-19 (in wastewater) is not necessarily the presence of an active virus. It could be a virus of people who were sick ago or months ago that still lose a virus, but it is not a contagious virus,” she added.

That being said, we are In an increase coded at the moment and we have to expect another bump while children are going back to school in September and people are coming back from the summer vacation, said Malaty Rivera.

“The fall, returning to school, returns from vacation, has always shown an increase in respiratory diseases, and Covid is not exclusive to this. Covid is now part of our annual cadence, “she said. “And so the summer wave is not a surprise and expect another bump is also entirely based on evidence.”

If you are infected with COVID, CDC recommendations say you should stay at home when you are sick and isolated from other people from your home. CDC advice continues to say that you can leave isolation once you are without a fever and your symptoms improve or solve for at least 24 hours.

At this point, you can return to your daily life, but you need to take additional measures to protect others, such as carrying a mask, staying away from others and washing your hands frequently for an additional five days.

Malaty Rivera said you should go further because “resolving the symptoms” is completely subjective, she noted. What “solves” for a person could mean being very sick for another.

“And no fever … fever is not the only indicator … for infectiousness for others,” she added.

“Based on the evidence, if you test positive on a quick antigen test, it means that you are probably contagious for others. If you are contagious for others, it means that you should isolate others and wear a mask in the interior environment if you are forced to be in an inner environment with other people,” she said.

If you need fresh air, it’s normal to go out without mask, but you shouldn’t be close to others, said Malaty Rivera.

“I don’t think people should be unmasked in places with other people unless they test negative on an antigen test,” she said.

If you are sick, you can also check with your doctor to see if you are eligible for Paxlovid, which is a viral antiviral drug, said Malaty Rivera.

“If you have not obtained an updated vaccine updated in the past year, it could be the right time to get one, especially before eligibility changes,” said Dowd.

If you are over 65 or immunocompromised, you are eligible for another covid shot, she added, as long as you are six months from your last dose.

“But, in addition to the protection against vaccines, when there is more covid, it is the right time to increase our faithful precautions that work for most respiratory viruses,” said Dowd.

“This includes paying attention to ventilation during socialization (such as being outside or opening doors and windows (and) using HEPA filters), staying at home when it is sick and strategically hide in higher risk situations such as plane trips or other crowded places,” Dowd noted.

Although the core levels are lower than the previous summer waves, it is always a serious infection that can lead to death, complications and the long covid.

Do what you can stay safe this summer, but “with cocovid prevention, do not let the perfect being the enemy of the property,” said Dowd.

“You don’t have to do everything correctly, but even small precautions can adapt to a lower transmission and protect our communities,” she noted.