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Nearing 30 million COVID cases, U.S. in ‘eye of the hurricane’ – Atlanta Journal Constitution

As the U.S. approaches 30 million confirmed coronavirus cases while some states are relaxing coronavirus restrictions, some health experts are warning of another…

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Osterholm is worried about the B.1.1.7 variant, first spotted in the U.K.
Four weeks ago, the B.1.1.7 variant made up about 1 to 4% of the virus that we were seeing in communities across the country. Today its up to 30 to 40%, said Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
What weve seen in Europe, when we hit that 50% mark, you see cases surge, he said. Osterholm predicted a surge fueled by the variant will come during the next…

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