travel is over. >> it's very freeing. feels like everything is very optimistic right now. >> reporter: today marks 500 days since 57-year-old patricia dowd died of covid in san jose, california. she was the first identified covid victim in the nation of more than 601,000 lives lost. the threat now, the delta variant which is accelerating in the midwest and accounting for nearly a 1/4th of new infections in iowa, kansas, missouri and nebraska. >> this variant's probably 40 to 60% more contagious than the 117 variant, that u.k. variant that became prevalent in the united states and caused that surge in the late spring. >> reporter: former f.d.a. commissioner, dr. scott gottlieb also told "face the nation," he is optimistic about the development of an antiviral pill to treat covid. >> i think this is a game changer. this is a virus that we should be able to drug. >> reporter: pent up travel demand is strong with two-thirds of americans planning a summer
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