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As coronavirus cases spike in the South, Northeast seems to have the pandemic under control - here's what changed

  • Written by Taison Bell, Physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageFace masks and social distancing have become the norm in New York City.Noam Galai/Getty Images

“Hospital Capacity Crosses Tipping Point in U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spots” – Wall Street Journal

This is a headline I hoped to not see again after the number of coronavirus infections had finally started to decline in the Northeast and...

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