Nearly half of the new cases are in 5 states - New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey These states together reported 44% of the nation's new COVID-19 infections, or nearly 197,500 new cases
Why is that ? It varies from state to state. For one not everyone are wearing masks ( especially if they have been vaccinated) and the second problem is the difficulty is getting the vaccines in some states, especially New York. Many of my patients who want to be vaccinated and fit criteria cannot get an apppointment . Why is this? There is a shortage of vaccines. I do not understand this.
The heavy concentration of new cases in states that account for 22% of the U.S. population has prompted some experts and elected officials to call for President Joe Biden’s administration to ship additional vaccine doses to those places. Please ship vaccines.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has publicly harangued the federal government about the need for a bigger vaccine allotment almost daily, a refrain he repeated when speaking to reporters . I do not wanbt to comment of my personal feelinsg of the mayor.
Spring break in states like Florida were laxed and we have had spread of variants. This pandemic is far from over. I expect like what has been written- THERE WILL BE an incerase in cases in the coming weeks. Please be smart- wear your mask, practice social distancing and get vaccinated( if you want to )