Over the weekend, Alaska, Hawaii, Missouri, Montana, and Oklahoma saw the biggest increases in positive COVID-19 tests, according to the Washington Post, a harbinger that the current phase of the pandemic seems to be moving up and out from the Sun Belt.The pandemic, according to Deborah Birx, MD, lead adviser to the White House's coronavirus task force, has entered a new phase.
No longer are hot spots or outbreaks contained to densely populated metro areas like New York City; instead, urban and rural areas are seeing similar rates of spread.Appearing on morning news shows yesterday, Birx offered her warning. "To everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus," she said. "If you're in multi-generational