In February 2022, the CDC started using a new way to talk about risk from COVID-19 using a new tool called COVID-19 Community Levels. This tool did not change the risk or number of people with COVID-19, the CDC just changed how they talk about COVID-19. Changing how we talk about COVID-19 does not make things safer; COVID-19 is still spreading, people are still getting sick, people are still going to the hospital, and people are still dying from COVID-19.