Is there a chance well go into lockdown again?
Infectious disease expert Monica Gandhi is optimistic about the reopening. I would say look forward to it. I know it feels really nerve-wrecking that were at this point but vaccines have gotten us here and its going to go well.  She says while the precautions have been helpfulthe vaccines are ultimately making the biggest difference. Were at about a 68% first dose. Thats literally getting to the 68% magic first dose that President Biden has been talking about which I actually think is a very true metric of when cases say extremely low.  She says there might be a slight increase in cases, but it shouldnt cause too much concern. Sometimes theres increase in cases and not any severe illness, what I mean by that is not any increased hospitalizations.  KRON4 asked Dr. Gandhi if she thinks theres another chance of a shutdown. I dont, and the reason I dont is anytime weve had a surge before that was because we didnt have the vaccine. And the difference between now and then is really immunity. immunity is like a forcefield.