The federal government plans to ship vaccine directly to health centers in low-income

communities across the country to address disparities in vaccine access.

Meanwhile, cases, hospitals, and deaths are all continuing to decline.

For now.

In response, governors are opening up din and eating, gyms, and other facilities that

had previously been shut down.

This is America Disected.

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Elsaid, and it is way too early to declare victory.

When you take an antibiotic for a bacterial infection, you have to take the whole course.

Even if your symptoms go away, well before you're done.

Why?

Because any little bit of bacteria left can start replicating again, bringing back the symptoms

in full force or worse.

And even worse than that, bacteria that survive are often the ones that are most immune to

the antibiotic you took, and you've now selected for antibiotic-resistant variants of the

bacteria that are a lot harder to treat.

This is a pretty good analogy for what's happening with this pandemic, but instead of bacteria

in one body, we're talking about a virus across the country.

Cases, hospitalizations, and even deaths are down, and they're down significantly.

These rates are back down to where they were in November, before Thanksgiving, and that's

a good thing.

The fever is starting to break, but only slightly.

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