New challenges in battle against Covid-19 come with the approaching fall season
Ahead of Labor Day this year, health officials warned that how Americans chose to ring in the unofficial start of fall could shape what the next months in the country's battle against Covid-19 will look like.
"I don't think it will take much to really bring us back to 70,000 cases a day," said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
In efforts to avoid another surge of cases and hospitalizations similar to the ones that came after large Memorial Day and July 4 celebrations, many opted to ditch the crowds over the long weekend. Others weren't as cautious.
In San Francisco, more than 1,000 people gathered at an event celebrating Burning Man culture, the mayor said. In Brooklyn, authorities shut down a bar over the weekend after deputies found nearly 300 people packed inside, CNN affiliate WABC reported. In Nashville, thousands flocked to the bars operating with restrictions, prompting the mayor to close down portions of a road to allow for more social distancing, CNN affiliate WKRN reported.
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