If you look at Chicago and other aforementioned states as harbingers for what’s to come, then another round of stay-at-home orders might seem likely. And starting next Monday, Chicago will be under a stay-at-home advisory, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a news release yesterday, meaning residents will be discouraged from leaving home for any tasks that aren’t essential. A handful of other states - Ohio, Connecticut, Colorado, and Rhode Island - have put in place similar measures. He also enforced a ten-person limit on private gatherings, which are fueling outbreaks across the country. This past Wednesday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced that gyms, bars, restaurants, and other businesses with liquor licenses must close their doors at 10 p.m., effective today. Last week, Massachusetts was put under a stay-at-home advisory. In complete absence of a coordinated federal response, some cities and states are once again considering precautionary measures - but as of now, only a few have implemented them. But are they actually coming? And if so, are they imminent? Things are very bad, and all but certain to get worse - and the threat of lockdowns again looms large.
And the holiday season is coming up, which public-health experts have long warned could lead to more explosions in cases.
Many states are seeing record hospitalizations. In some parts of the U.S., the seven-day positivity rate has soared above 35 percent. The virus is spreading uncontrollably across most of the country, and we’re regularly clocking more than 100,000 new cases each day. The national trajectory of coronavirus is getting increasingly dire. New York City, circa the start of the pandemic.
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