Experts attribute the record-breaking number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. to growing weariness among Americans to keep up with pandemic practices like social distancing and wearing masks.
“There is explosive spread occurring in many parts of the country, including in areas that have more limited health care infrastructure,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Baltimore’s former health commissioner. “We are already seeing hospitals becoming overwhelmed, and patients having to be diverted to other places for care. It’s extremely concerning.
Many experts agree that the first wave hit the U.S. on a rolling basis, striking New York and parts of the Northwest in the spring, then Sun Belt states like Arizona and Texas in the summer, and now the virus is largely having the most impact in the Midwest, though infections are rising in nearly all states. “ ‘Phase 3’ is now really nationwide, from sea to shining sea,” Meekins said, “but, predominantly, the seeds were formed in the upper Midwest.”1.
3. This translates to more social gatherings with extended family and friends than the smaller “pods,” Zoom hangouts and Netflix parties that people relied on in the earlier days of the pandemic. “What’s driving it is individual behaviors, including, very importantly, letting down our guard with people that we know,” Wen said. “There is a magical thinking. We don’t want to believe that they could be asymptomatic carriers.
“That mixing up of people — students moving from one place to another to go back to school — just led to a lot of spread of disease across the nation,” Jones said. “If it had just been Labor Day, I think we would have seen a more limited spread.”The coming holidays — Halloween and Thanksgiving — along with in-person voting for the presidential election on Nov. 3 are all events that have the potential to increase transmission of the virus within communities.
Only one so called expert in the media, Pope Fauci. One would have to read JAMA , Journal of American Medicine for wisdom.
Simple, people are dumbs thinking so long they have masks they should not social distance and outlets like you do not help by educating them but politicizing the masks shield stories
5. Covfefe
So you admit that this is a casedemic and nothing more. We are testing the healthy unlike never seen in the history of mankind. Now add that the PCR test results are highly unreliable and we get a 'Pandemic'.
...public schools? how is that not a factor.
Maowc Ahhh yes, he return if college students. Always blame the youth.
Trump rallies and MAGAs to blame
Missed one: 40% of our population believes the biggest spreader of misinformation regarding Covid-19, the President of the United States
And trump telling everyone it’s not a big deal and don’t let it dominate you in early October.
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