There is a wastewater monitoring site close to where I live so I'm relying on that. Otherwise hospitalization rates and anecdotal accounts of people I know. I figure most people have stopped testing altogether unless they are sick enough to seek help at the hospital. Lots of hospitals and care homes dropped mask requirements, so I doubt they are interested in finding covid cases unless someone shows up at the hospital with the typical symptoms. While people die by the 1000s every week, and "mysterious" excess deaths and abnormally severe illness continue to be much higher than before covid, the "it's just a cold, who cares" mentality has won out in most places.
There is a wastewater monitoring site close to where I live so I'm relying on that. Otherwise hospitalization rates and anecdotal accounts of people I know. I figure most people have stopped testing altogether unless they are sick enough to seek help at the hospital. Lots of hospitals and care homes dropped mask requirements, so I doubt they are interested in finding covid cases unless someone shows up at the hospital with the typical symptoms. While people die by the 1000s every week, and "mysterious" excess deaths and abnormally severe illness continue to be much higher than before covid, the "it's just a cold, who cares" mentality has won out in most places.