Over the last week, Greenville County reported more new COVID-19 cases (412) than any other county in the state. South Carolina is not alone in this. Last week Arizona experienced a bigger increase in COVID-19 infections (49.8 percent) than any other state, according to Reuters.
For months Americans were cooped up at home, doing their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But in recent days tens of thousands of them have filled the streets in at least 380 cities and towns across all 50 states to protest police brutality and systemic racism — threats they believe are even more dangerous to people of color than COVID-19.
More than a month has passed since the first wave of reopenings — enough time to start to gauge the impact of looser restrictions, increased interaction and more relaxed attitudes toward social distancing. For the week ending Sunday, May 31, South Carolina saw an additional 37.9 percent jump in new cases — the fourth highest in the nation and the state’s highest weekly total since the pandemic began.
"The virus thrives on people coming in contact with other people,” Dr. Eric Ossmann, chief of preparedness and mobile integrated health care for Prisma Health, told the paper. “That is how it gets transmitted. So as social distancing is relaxed, as we see very limited mask-wearing in various locations where people cannot social distance, I do think this is to a certain degree a result of that.
“If these gains are sustained over the course of next week, then yes, I think you are probably looking at potentially a second wave," predicted Ossman.
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