IF CASES SKYROCKETED THAT MUCH
AFTER JULY 4th, AFTER MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND AND THEN AFTER JULY
4th, WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM THIS
WEEKEND, LABOR DAY WEEKEND?
WE’RE LOOKING AT A VERY
DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE, ACTUALLY,
FROM WHERE WE WERE EARLIER IN
THE SUMMER.
FOR ONE THING, LOTS MORE THINGS
ARE ACTUALLY OPEN NOW.
BUSINESSES ARE RAMPING BACK UP
AND OPENING BACK UP.
SCHOOLS ARE OPENING BACK UP, AS
ARE COLLEGES.
MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN HOLDING
CLASSES FOR WEEKS NOW.
AND WHILE THAT MIGHT FEEL GREAT
IN SOME WAYS, IT’S NOT HAPPENING
BECAUSE COVID NUMBERS ARE DOWN.
COVID NUMBERS ARE STILL REALLY
HIGH.
WE’RE STILL UP AROUND 40,000
CASES A DAY.
AND WE’VE GOT A LOT OF COVID IN
THE COUNTRY.
AND THIS MANY MORE THINGS BEING
OPEN, THERE IS MORE OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE VIRUS TO SPREAD NOW THAN
IT DID BACK IN JULY WHEN WE HAD
THAT BIG SPIKE AFTER JULY 4th.
THERE IS MORE VIRUS TO SPREAD
NOW.
WE HAVE NOW TOPPED SIX MILLION
CASES.
THERE IS A LOT OF COVID OUT
THERE IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE’RE NOT ONLY CLOSING IN ON
190,000 DEATHS.
WE’RE OVER SIX MILLION CASES
WITH LOTS OF STUFF MORE OPEN.
THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE WE ARE
LOOKING AT HEADING INTO THIS
FINAL WEEKEND OF THE SUMMER.
AND ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING AT
A TIME WHEN THE SCHOOL NUMBERS
SHOW US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE
COME TOGETHER IN LARGE NUMBERS
IN PLACES WHERE THEY HAVEN’T
FIGURED OUT HOW TO STOP THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WHILE PEOPLE
ARE IN THE SAME PLACE.
FOR EXAMPLE, MORE THAN 1,100
STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
IOWA HAVE ALREADY BEEN INFECTED.
KEEP IN MIND, THE SEMESTER BEGAN
LAST WEEK.
UP UNTIL JUST A FEW DAYS AGO,
THAT SCHOOL HAD PLANNED TO HOLD
ITS FOOTBALL HOME OPENER BEFORE
25,000 FANS.
THANKFULLY, THAT’S BEEN CALLED
OFF.
FANS WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED
IN THE STANDS.
BUT MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENT
CASES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
NORTH CAROLINA, MORE THAN 3,000
COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED.
THE GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI SAID
YESTERDAY THAT MORE THAN 7,000
COLLEGE-AGE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
