‘It doesn’t stay where you started’: Reopening some states heightens the risk of coronavirus surges in others
For all that’s still being discovered about the novel coronavirus, one thing was clear from the beginning: It moves.
In just a few months, it sprinted around the world and left in its wake a trail of death, social paralysis, and economic ruin. Now, as some U.S. states start to lift pandemic-related restrictions on businesses and public spaces, there is a fear that infections will resurge in those places — and that if that happens, the virus won’t stay put.
