Fauci says coronavirus cases in these 4 states are finally ‘coming back down’

[Andy Meek]

• White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci sees hopeful signs that the number of coronavirus cases in particularly hard-hit states is finally starting to improve.
• The states in question include coronavirus hotspots like California, Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
• Fauci warns that these states, however, are not out of the woods yet.

If you've paid any attention at all to the onslaught of new coronavirus cases that keep mounting in the US, you can probably identify the group of states that have been dealing with the worst of the outbreak in the US. California and Florida are at the top of the list, and have seen record numbers of cases for most of the coronavirus pandemic, as have other hotspot states like Arizona and Texas. The outbreak has been so persistently bad in California, for example, that the Los Angeles City Council has started to look at whether actually paying people to quarantine and stay home when they test positive for the coronavirus might help flatten the case curve there.

One LA city councilman earlier this week introduced a motion to establish a $25 million “wage replacement program” for any Los Angeles resident -- regardless of even their criminal record. It's certainly a dramatic-sounding step to contain the spread of the virus, even though there might (emphasis on "might") be some good news on the horizon.

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