For the first time in weeks, residents in some states across the country will be able to return to weekend routines after governors began easing restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus.
That might mean going to a movie in Georgia, working out with a personal trainer in Colorado or dropping by a dispensary in Nevada. More than 30 states have begun easing social distancing restrictions -- some doing away with stay-at-home orders altogether while others loosen measures to allow some businesses to reopen.Michigan governor allows construction and outdoor work to resume next weekAnd more measures will be wiped out starting Monday.
Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease doctor, this week said he believes a second round of the virus is"inevitable" and how deadly that round is will be determined by how prepared the US is. "If by that time we have put into place all of the countermeasures that you need to address this, we should do reasonably well," he said."If we don't do that successfully, we could be in for a bad fall and a bad winter.
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