The U.S. is headed for a new phase of the coronavirus pandemic as temperatures drop, flu season approaches and new cases of Covid-19 plateau at dangerously high levels.Epidemiologists are concerned it might set the stage for another surge in cases — similar to the jump in U.S. cases following Memorial Day and the July 4 holidays.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, added that states such as Montana, the Dakotas, Michigan and Minnesota have recently reported a worrying uptick in the percent of tests coming back positive among young people between the ages of 19 and 25.Daily new cases of the coronavirus declined for weeks after they peaked in late July at more than 70,000 new cases per day.
"You will get a seesaw effect and I can predict that just as sure as I know the sun is going to rise in the east ... We've got to sustain this for months. It's not a quick fix," he said. "If there's a tenuous commitment to social distancing and masking and all that, it will blow away over Labor Day."
Having a big 400,000 person biker rally in South Dakota is going to provide plenty of tinder for the Midwest states that are beginning to spike. We are forecast to have 400,000 deaths come Jan