U.S. Tops 27 Million COVID-19 Cases Amid Super Bowl Parties & Iowa Lifting Restrictions

The United States has now topped 27 million COVID-19 cases. According to Johns Hopkins University, 27,004,716 Americans have had COVID-19 along with 463,437 deaths representing a mortality rate of 1.7%. 

In recent weeks, it has taken between 4-6 days to add a million new cases. This time around it took 8 days to get from 26 million to 27 million cases. This sign of progress might prove to be short-lived with a litany of Super Bowl parties which could become superspreader events. (For the record, I watched the Super Bowl all by myself). Then you have states like Iowa which are lifting all masking and social distancing requirements. 

In which case, the step forward we have taken will be followed by three steps taken back.