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America Is Being Way Too Calm About Covid-19
This is a case where optimism may be an existential threat.
It’s for real, people.
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The accelerating resurgence of Covid-19 in the U.S. is filling me with dread. But what’s even scarier is the propensity of Americans to ignore or downplay a malaise that is generating tens of thousands of entirely preventable deaths.
It makes total sense that the rest of the world wants to keep Americans out these days. Thanks at least in part to mostly young people socializing in bars and nightclubs, the country has been setting records for daily case counts, now nearing 3 million. In states that reopened early — Arizona, Florida, Texas — new Covid-19 cases have been increasing faster every day, suggesting that the disease is spreading exponentially.