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Uhhh, U.S. COVID-19 cases appear to be plateauing at summer peak levels: Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Rochelle Walensky expressed concern about case averages flattening at around 70,000 after a steep drop in January, reports the BBC. Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained, she said. Easing restrictions across the country right now, in other words, might not be such a great idea. The agency previously predicted B.1.1.7., the more virulent variant first identified in the U.K., would become the dominant strain by March, but we don t have enough surveillance of isolated cases to know for sure how pr