In most states in America, the number of new coronavirus cases each day is up.

Right now, the country is seeing around 50,000 new cases each day,

an increase from 35,000 a month ago.

Some places are far worse than others.

Our hospitalizations and numbers have really gone up dramatically just since early September,

to the point where our resources are stretched pretty thin, especially in the hospital staff,

where we're getting tired.

Dr. Michael Landrum is an infectious disease specialist at Bellin Health,

a hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has a major problem with the virus right now.

Last week, the governor said hospitals are overwhelmed.

This week, they'll open a field hospital in a state park with space for more than 500 patients.

What explains the increase there and in so many places?

You know, when coronavirus was brand new in the spring to all of us in the country,

the fear of the unknown, I think, motivated people to lay low and be extra safe.

But now that's not the case.

And so, I think the really hard thing now is trying to somehow now get the message out there

to rain things back in again a second time.

Consider this.

The story of the pandemic in America is one of ups and downs.

Cases rise, people get cautious, cases drop, people let their guard down.

That's the cycle we're in.

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