With more than 40% of the country fully vaccinated, and the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases falling to about 12,000 per day — numbers not seen since March 2020 — Americans are revving up for post-pandemic life.
became the largest sporting event since the pandemic began, with 135,000 fans in the stands on Sunday.
"It's more infectious and divides more rapidly," said Dr. David Agus, CBS News medical contributor and a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. "I think all of the data points to it will be susceptible to the vaccines which is very very positive."
Everyone can be mask-free in most cases outside, but those who haven't been vaccinated still need to mask up indoors. "He's super excited to be coming back to camp," Brody's mom, Kim, said. "I mean, he says, 'when is camp coming? When is coming?' I said, 'soon, soon, soon.'"
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