for disease control. but while the numbers of people testing positive are at all—time highs — the number of people needing hospital treatment for coronavirus isn't reaching record levels. peter chin—hong is a professor of medicine at the university of california. he says that despite the high infection rates, authorities are determined not to impose onerous restrictions on daily life. the us is really marked by wanting to continue with the economy. full force forward and not imposing any lockdowns. i think they are trying a multimodal approach with vaccines, testing, masks and limiting gatherings, but on more of an honour system, optional encouragement, gentle persuasion. i think that traditionally speaking the biden administration was critiqued for putting all their eggs in the vaccine basket, so with not enough testing and not enough of this preparation,