A Heartbreaking Rise In COVID Cases Has People Worried Restrictions Will Return

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🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in parts of the United States and there have been new cases among fully-vaccinated lawmakers and government staff. The country as a whole saw a nearly 150% increase in the seven-day case average compared with two weeks prior.

The vaccines, though, are still preventing serious infections and mostly keeping people out of the hospital. Now, President Biden and the White House are struggling to figure out how to get the remaining one-third of American adults vaccinated and stop a pandemic backslide.

This episode: political correspondent Juana Summers, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and science correspondent Rob Stein.

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1:24.8	Indeed. Hey there, it's the NPR politics podcast. I'm Wana Summers. I cover politics.
1:30.8	And I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.
1:33.1	And we're joined today by Rob Stein from NPR Science and Health Teams. Hey Rob.
1:38.4	Hey there, nice to be here. Glad you're here because it feels like yet again,
1:43.3	there has been a shift in tone around the coronavirus. We're starting to see infections
1:48.7	creep back up in a lot of parts of the country, particularly in the south and Midwest.
1:54.1	Can you just tell us what you're seeing and hearing? Yeah, you know, it is kind of amazing how
1:59.6	quickly things have changed. It seemed like it was so weaker two or a go. And it looked like the
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