Now We Are Really Cooking

One of my theories was we wouldn’t open until after Memorial Day. After being cooped up for months, people would run out and get together. Well, now things are really cooking in Texas and Arizona.

Here’s the latest new cases (7 day moving average) and current hospitalizations for AZ and TX.

Arizona was running out of capacity on June 6th. Since them hospitalizations are up another 25%. The huge jump in new cases means more hospitalizations are coming.

The question is: does it matter for reopening policy? At some point it will if it continues.