The U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Is Still Bad—And it Could Get Worse

In many places across the United States, COVID-19 feels over. Unmasked citizens run rampant. New York City is planning an August mega-concert in Central Park. I'm as hopeful as the rest of us, but I think we may be suffering from memory loss. Let's start from this time last year, when many Americans were exuberantly returning to newly reopened beaches, parks and restaurants after a seemingly eternal three months—three whole months!—of quarantine.

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