It is more or less the 2 month-cycle of covid. The mortality and hospitalization rate would have been lower if the US vaccination rate is higher. However, vaccines wane much quicker than expected and variants are making vaccines much less effective.Huh? New York Times says covid cases are dropping
"...As of Tuesday night, virus cases in the United States had averaged more than 101,000 a day for the past week, a 24 percent decrease from two weeks ago. Reported new deaths are down 12 percent, to 1,829 a day. Hospitalizations have decreased 20 percent and are averaging below 75,000 a day for the first time since early August,"