It was not supposed to be this way. Our collective efforts at social distancing, washing hands, wearing face masks and self-quarantining when necessary were supposed to have kept COVID-19 at bay and allowed a re-opening of the U.S. economy that had fallen into a deep recession. In fact, President Trump was very much counting on this together with a sharp increase in economic activity to support his re-election campaign. But instead, we find ourselves facing a resurgence of the virus especially in the South and Southwest that has seen new infections spike to daily record levels in several states forcing some to shut down again. It all seemed to begin during the Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial beginning of the summer season. Tired of be...

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