COVID Superspreader Events Still Exist. Here's What They Look Like Now.

Just because we don't hear about clusters of infections like we did in 2020 and 2021 doesn't mean they don't happen.

We haven’t heard much about superspreader events in the past year or so, mainly because we haven’t really been looking for them.

The United States defunded and scaled back its testing and contact tracing programs in early 2022, and in doing so, we lost track of just how widespread COVID is. But if you’ve been out and about, or heard stories from other people who’ve been out and about, it’s seems as though superspreading events after large gatherings like concerts, weddings and conferences are still very much a thing.