COVID cases and deaths are starting to increase again. Should we be concerned? – Hot air

The cases have also stabilized around the world. “The most likely explanation is the most contagious variants of the virus, such as variant B.1.1.7, which was first detected in Britain,” wrote David Leonhardt in The New York Times. Jim Edwards, of Business Insider, points out that the increase in cases and deaths may be a statistical noise, but notes that new worrying variants have also emerged in California and New York.

“Taking into account increases in compensation in vaccinations and variants, along with the high likelihood that people will stop taking precautions, a fourth wave is highly likely this spring,” reported Apoorva Mandavilli in the Times, citing the majority of 21 experts interviewed not the pandemic. “But they emphasized that it is not an inevitable increase if government officials and individuals maintain precautions for a few more weeks,” and “COVID-19 deaths are likely to never increase as precipitously as in the past.