Image of the Week: This haunting photograph was taken in a Texas hospital just as COVID-19 cases in the state surged after an aggressive reopening plan
A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the Covid Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on July 2, 2020. Despite its renowned medical center, with the largest agglomeration of hospitals and research laboratories in the world, Houston is on the verge of being overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus exploding in Texas.
Like the proverbial chain that is only as strong as its weakest link, a country is only as safe from COVID-19 as its most vulnerable residents. In the United States, those vulnerable areas have exploded in the last two weeks of June, crushing hopes of a saved summer. On July 1, the U.S. was bruised with a record-breaking number of new cases reported in a single day——led by the sunny states of Arizona, California, Florida and Texas.
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