⁍ Some states have reopened too quickly, allowing the coronavirus pandemic to come roaring back, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday.
⁍ Fauci said in some respects Florida and Arizona’s reopening plans have contributed to the uptick in cases in those states.
⁍ Fauci said four states that account for about 50% of new infections need to aggressively keep people socially distanced.
⁍ New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said large events in the city will be canceled through September 30.

– The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says some states have “jumped over a couple of checkpoints” in their efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the Hill reports. “Certainly Florida I know, you know, I think jumped over a couple of checkpoints,” Dr. Anthony Fauci says. “I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process.” According to the New York Times, the virus has now infected at least 3 million people and killed at least 140 in the US. It’s a “spectacularly transmissible virus,” Fauci says. “Not to be hyperbolic about it—it really is the perfect storm and (an) infectious disease and public health person’s worst nightmare. It’s a spectacularly transmissible virus.” He says four states—Florida, California, Texas, and Arizona—account for around 50% of new cases and need to do everything they can to keep people away from crowded places. “If we can do that consistently, I will tell you, almost certainly, you’re going to see a down curve of those infections,” he says.