a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases coming out
The united states, are still struggling.
John lorinc reports.
:00 :06 :21 :38 the covid-19 pandemic....not easing its grip on the united states.
Dr. sanjay gupta/cnn chief medical correspondent "when you have this much disease in the country, this much infection that's spreading.
Sadly and i take no joy in this stuff..i think everyone is vulnerable once again."
Thirty-six states.....are seeing week-to-week new cases rise.
The south and west are getting hit especially hard.
Dr. peter hotez/baylor college of medicine "potentially in houston we could go from 1,000 cases per day to 4,000 cases a day if the model is right and eventually no health system would be able to accommodate this."
At least 16-states have halted or pushed back re-opening plans as a result of a surge in infections.
Gov.
Doug ducey/r-arizona "our expectation is that next week our numbers will be worse."
Unlike the european union or south korea.....the u-s has yet to "flatten the curve."
Some medical experts say americans haven't been vigilant enough.
Dr. sanjay gupta/cnn chief medical correspondent "it was like as if a patient was getting chemotherapy for cancer, abolished the therapy half-way through, and is upset that the cancer hasn't disappeared."
Ne thing has dropped: the university of washington's updated covid-19 death projection for october