US Sets Stunning Single-Day COVID Record a Year After Biden Vowed to ‘Shut Down the Virus’
Coronavirus case records are falling like the blizzard that engulfed Washington, D.C. this week, with a new record that almost doubled a record set just last week. On Monday, more than 1 million people were diagnosed as…

Coronavirus case records are falling like the blizzard that engulfed Washington, D.C. this week, with a new record that almost doubled a record set just last week.
On Monday, more than 1 million people were diagnosed as having tested positive for the virus, according to Bloomberg, citing data from Johns Hopkins University. The skyrocketing case counts are attributed to the omicron variant of the virus, which was first discovered in South Africa in late November.
That total eclipsed a record of 590,000 set as 2021 came to a close last week -– the year in which President Joe Biden had said he would put into action his promise to “shut down the virus.”
The medical news to date shows that the percentage of deaths from the omicron variant remains low, but the virus has still upended everyday life, with businesses sending employees back to remote work, schools and colleges opting for online classes and hospitals that are overwhelmed with sick Americans.
A Danish study has noted that vaccination is not a barrier to the omicron variant, according to Fox News.
Coming at a time when the Biden administration, which came into office vowing to “follow the science,” the study — a pre-print that was not yet subject to peer review — found vaccinated people were 2.7-3.7 times more


