However, many states in the United States have reported an increase of cases starting mid-June. According to Kaiser Health News, California, Texas, and Arizona are all seeing a large increase in cases, seeing a frightening increase of confirmed cases by June 21. Florida had set the record for the highest amount of reported cases in a day at 15,299. In all aforementioned states, businesses have started shutting down in several counties and the local government is again trying to reinforce social distancing, personal hygiene, and staying safe and educated.
So, what signifies the end of the first wave? The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci responded "The first wave will end when the rate of positive coronavirus tests drops to 'the low single digits'", to an interviewer from CNET. There have been a few countries that believed they had eradicated the virus only for a spike in cases once the lockdown was lifted. South Korea was praised for their handling of the pandemic once their confirmed cases dropped to the low single digits, yet after 2 months the capital Seoul announced a second wave of the pandemic. India and Iran had also believed that the virus had "died out" but saw spikes in cases after a few weeks of national lockdown being lifted.
With this information, do you think that there will be a second wave of the virus? Where do you think we are in terms of the phases of the pandemic? How well do you think the government is handling the spread and containment of Covid-19?
Hey Juliane! I believe that we are going to get hit by a second wave of covid19. Not a lot of people are taking this situation seriously and think it's okay to protest against the rules many local place have. I say that we're almost back to where we started for the fact we're on lock down once again and many stores and restaurants are closing once more. Knowing what's currently happening, the government has many departments in order to help those who are infected or need treatment, so they're playing some part to help. Sooner or later another wave is going to come and increase the number of cases that the U.S has.
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ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I believe that we are still in the first wave of this pandemic (for the United States at least). The cases never really dropped or stopped to a low enough level to consider the first wave finished. Sure we might have had a dip or a curve, but our graphs show that we never dipped below ideal levels. I am informed that other countries like South Korea brought an end to their first wave of outbreaks and are on the track for a possible second one in the winter, when the virus is the most rampant. From our very questionable reopening strategies to our disregard to masks, this first wave has not yet given us its full potential of infection. The United States made a terrible mistake deciding to reopen as soon as they saw a curve in the data; not even letting the cases reach a low enough point to safely reopen. But we decided not to wait and lose ourselves to the idea that the economy is much more important than other people’s lives. Sure we can’t be on lockdown forever, but it is much better to have economic struggles for a few more months than reopen and close the economy again for a longer period of time. For example, European countries are already on track to open their economies back up again and already have many of their schools and universities open for students to learn, while we are still here back at square one, still on our first wave.
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