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it still presents to life as we all once knew it. late today, the state department issued a do not travel advisory for americans thinking about visiting the united kingdom after the cdc raised its covid risk assessment to the highest possible level. the news came after a punishing day on wall street. investors sending the dow industrial off a 700 point cliff. frightened at how quickly the delta variant has swept the country and what it might do to the economic recovery. the realization was sudden, but the evidence has been building for days and weeks, because as i said, the virus doesn't lie about what it can do to people who have chosen not to get vaccinated, as far too many americans have. cases are up on average 66% from last week. 145% from two weeks ago. number of people in hospitals is also rising sharply. especially where the vaccination rate is low. at university of florida health in jacksonville, they have more covid patients now than at their peak in january. that's how brutal the delta variant has been there. and cruel.