The number of people sickened with Covid-19 across Texas' hospitals continues to rise with coronavirus hospitalizations now up more than 66% since Memorial Day as the state continues to reopen.
The steady rise in coronavirus hospitalizations in the state will likely add to scrutiny from some public health experts and U.S. lawmakers that some states opened businesses too early. In recent weeks, some state and federal leaders have downplayed a recent rise in cases and hospitalizations across the U.S., tying it to an increase in testing.
Infectious disease specialists and scientists note that the U.S. and other parts of the world will likely continue to see a rise in cases until there is an proven drug treatment or effective vaccine. "Before a vaccine becomes widely available, we can only hope that ... the pathogen becomes less virulent and people come to treat it like seasonal influenza," said Yanzhong Huang, a public health researcher at the Council on Foreign Relations and director of the Center for Global Health Studies at Seton Hall University.
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