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Pandemic Rising

  • Susan Simonyan & Jordan Johnson
  • Dec 15, 2020
  • 2 min read

By: Susan Simonyan '21 and Jordan Johnson '22

(Image courtesy of sciencemag.org)


There are currently about 17 million COVID-19 cases in the U.S. with 1.6 million cases in California and about 532,730 cases in Los Angeles, and these numbers just keep getting higher and higher. We are seeing a huge increase in the number of deaths as there are currently a little over 308,000 deaths in the U.S. The nation has surpassed 3,000 deaths in a single day. America has the highest death toll from the virus with numbers getting higher as the days go on.


Over the past week, the country reported an average of 213,293 new cases per day, an increase from weeks prior. Cases have been increasing throughout late October up to now, especially because of Thanksgiving. As of November 29, over 170,000 people were testing positive across the country on an average day.


California is now the state with the highest number of COVID-19 cases and on December 15, the state had 14,578 people in the hospital for it, while 110,549 were hospitalized nationwide. Hospitals all around the country have reported being under a lot of pressure since hospitalizations are rising. Nurses are having to work more hours, makeshift hospital rooms are being created, and protective equipment for health care workers is running dangerously low.


The surge is also inflicting greater damage on students. It’s no longer an option to open LAUSD schools any time soon. LAUSD Superintendent Beutner says, “Because of the extremely high level of COVID-19 cases in the Los Angeles area, it is no longer safe and appropriate to have any students on campus.”


Vaccines are moving towards approval and states are getting doses delivered and preparing to vaccinate health workers and nursing home residents as soon as this week. Federal officials that are leading the manufacture and distribution of the vaccines expect 20 million people to get the first of two required doses by the end of the year. The New York Times reported that “Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted that people with no underlying conditions would get the vaccine by the beginning of April. By fall, he said, life may start to look normal again.”


COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are growing every single day. It is extremely important that you wear your masks and social distance to ensure the safety of yourself and the people around you. Even with the vaccine, masks will be worn for a long period of time so everyone is safe. Please stay safe everyone.

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