{"id":21176,"date":"2020-06-30T23:20:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T23:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=21176"},"modified":"2020-07-02T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:38:07","slug":"the-us-isnt-in-a-second-wave-of-coronavirus-the-first-wave-never-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-us-isnt-in-a-second-wave-of-coronavirus-the-first-wave-never-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"The US isn’t in a second wave of coronavirus \u2013 the first wave never ended"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melissa Hawkins<\/a>, American University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

After sustained declines in the number of COVID-19 cases over recent months, restrictions are starting to ease across the United States<\/a>. Numbers of new cases are falling or stable at low numbers in some states, but they are surging in many others<\/a>. Overall, the U.S. is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of new cases a day, and by late June, had surpassed the peak rate of spread in early April.<\/p>\n

When seeing these increasing case numbers, it is reasonable to wonder if this is the dreaded second wave of the coronavirus<\/a> \u2013 a resurgence of rising infections after a reduction in cases.<\/p>\n

The U.S. as a whole is not in a second wave because the first wave never really stopped. The virus is simply spreading into new populations or resurging in places that let down their guard too soon.<\/p>\n