After months of a steady decline in Covid-19 cases earlier this year, cases of the virus and its highly contagious variants have increased this summer. The good news is, compared to a year ago, we have vaccines to fight back. | MeganRanney for CNNOpinion
Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of emergency medicine and associate dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own. View more opinion on CNN.
Many of us started the summer fully vaccinated and ready to celebrate. I booked tickets for work and family trips, left my mask at home when seeing friends, and took a deep sigh of relief that the worst seemed to be behind us. Megan Ranney But now Covid-19 cases are rising at my hospital. My colleagues and I are worried about kids going back to school while so many are ineligible for vaccination. Many businesses are telling their workers to stay home a bit longer. Daily infection rates are more than three times higher than they were last Labor Day in the US -- and in the coming days and weeks, we could be met with still higher infection rates as Covid cases that were picked up on Labor Day travels are detected.
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