Multiple states that beat the new coronavirus now face a further surge in cases, and experts suggest they know the reasons why it’s happening.
What’s going on:
States like California, Louisiana, Michigan and Washington state suffered greatly from the first wave of coronavirus infections.
Recently, these states have seen cases go up again. For example, California reported 3,322 new cases of coronavirus and 18 deaths on Sunday, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Experts said the revival is likely due to multiple causes. This is what experts told Bloomberg:
“They include a population that is no longer willing to stay inside, Republicans who reject facial masks as a political statement, street protests about police violence, and young people convinced that the virus will not seriously harm them.
“And even though some of the states led by Democratic governors delayed the restart of their economies until weeks after their most anxious peers like Georgia, they still jumped too early, critics say.”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state, along with Massachusetts and New Jersey, were affected by the coronavirus at first, warned of a spike in cases, according to Bloomberg.
Cuomo said, “We are going to go through a raise, and I can feel it coming. The only question is how high does our rhythm go? But you can’t have it all over the country and then never have it again. “
Is this the ‘second wave’ of COVID-19?
It is unclear whether we are currently on a wave or not. As Kaiser Health News points out, a wave requires a steep rise and then a steep fall. A rise and a spike would signal a new wave. Some states have seen a rise and fall, like a wave, while others have remained relatively flat and stagnant at best.
In states on the rise, “it wouldn’t be right to talk about a second wave,” said Nicole Gatto, an associate professor at the Claremont Graduate University School of Community and Global Health in California, according to KHN.
“What causes those spikes, and whether or not there will be more than one peak, unlike a continuous wave, will be human behavior and how humans react to what is happening around them.”
