After an initial wave of COVID-19 cases centered in New York, the U.S. grappled with new record highs of infections across the south and west during the summer. Houston and Texas were among some of the worst-hit areas in the country in terms of rates of infection. The Texas Medical Center in Houston, one of the largest and most renowned in the world, has been forced to devise some creative solutions in managing ICU capacity, maintaining sufficient hospital beds, and keeping up with staffing needs to ensure adequate medical treatment. Meanwhile, doctors and researchers continue to grapple with unanswered questions about whether coronavirus reinfections are possible and how long immunity protects people who have been infected, while promising results from the initial phases of vaccine trials raise hopes.
These issues are expected to persist into the fall, when the return of some students to in-person classrooms and the reemergence of the annual flu season will raise new questions. Join Asia Society for a discussion on the current state of the pandemic along with the state of our response, and what could be expected this fall season.
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