The virus that has fundamentally changed our lives since early March is apparently becoming one big bore. A lot of Americans are sick of social distancing, masks and upended routines.
The Atlantic writes: “Americans may wish the virus to be gone, but it is not. While the outbreak has eased in the Northeast, driving down the overall national numbers, cases have only plateaued in the rest of the country, and they appear to be on the rise in recent days in COVID Tracking Project data. Twenty-two states reported 400 or more new cases Friday, and 14 other states and Puerto Rico reported cases in the triple digits. Several states—including Arizona, North Carolina, and California—are now seeing their highest numbers of known cases.“
21 states have reported an increase in coronavirus cases in the last two weeks.
California had its highest one-day increase on Friday with more than 3500 cases confirmed.
Texas, which opened early, has never had more hospitalizations for COVID-19 than it has today.
In Arizona, new cases of coronavirus surged 97 percent from the previous week, according to Newsweek. For the week of June 1-7, the state recorded 7023 cases, nearly double the previous week.
North Carolina also had a record number of hospitalizations with 739.
Meanwhile, the Oregon Health Authority reported a record daily number of new coronavirus cases with 146.
But the big concern is for two weeks from now when those infected during protests across the country will become ill. From The Atlantic:
“There’s no point in denying the obvious: Standing in a crowd for long periods raises the risk of increased transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This particular form of mass, in-person protest—and the corresponding police response—is a “perfect set-up” for transmission of the virus, Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a radio interview on Friday.”