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The pandemic has given Americans much to process this week. There are reasons for concern, like the continued spread of more contagious and potentially more deadly coronavirus variants around the country; data from the CDC, which endorsed double-masking today, shows variant cases have so far been identified in 34 states.
And reasons for hope, like the downward trend in new COVID cases—yesterday marked the first time since Nov. 2 that the US recorded fewer than 100,000 new daily infections for three days in a row—as well as the steadily increasing number of Americans vaccinated against COVID.
Through Tuesday, Feb. 9, 10.3{429fc2506e610357e12b2a5665db82631200a2e00b3a1d8839077d76f18e2e8b} of the population, or 33.8 million people had received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control. … Read more