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Andy Meek
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- The latest coronavirus update for the US as a whole includes an ominous warning inherent in it as we head into the winter months and particularly flu season.
- Several states hit records in terms of coronavirus cases over the weekend.
- This is why Dr. Anthony Fauci had previously warned Americans to "hunker down" and be prepared for a tough fall and winter.
In one of his many recent coronavirus updates, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci had warned Americans to be prepared for an arduous fall and winter and to be prepared to "hunker down" and do the right things to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. It's a task that is extremely critical as we move into the flu season period, when the flu will be spreading at the same time that COVID-19 is still a very real and persistent threat, giving the US a kind of double whammy in the form of two nasty respiratory viruses that could potentially strain the health care system.
Nevertheless, here we are. Each day for the last four days, according to a Business Insider analysis, the US has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases (Fauci has previously said we need to be reporting a fraction of that in the lead-up to winter). Moreover, the BI analysis which is based on data from The COVID Tracking Project also shows that over the weekend, 12 states hit a new record regarding their seven-day rolling average of coronavirus cases. The states included Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah, all of which reported more new COVID-19 cases in the last seven days than ever before in a one-week time frame.
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