Where COVID-19 has and hasn't spread since states reopened: Analysis • 17 min read States across US ease COVID-19 restrictions More than 40% of American adults are now vaccinated, but the demand for shots has dropped nearly 26% in the last three weeks. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all COVID-19 public health orders.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE Bars, gyms and restaurants. Those were just a few settings health experts warned could become hotbeds for COVID-19 spread as states began reopening in the spring and summer of 2020 following the first and second waves of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.