The upper Midwest is driving an increase in hospitalizations due to Covid-19. (Washington Post)

Unfortunately, Covid-19 hospitalizations are increasing because of surges that are happening in the upper Midwest and largely driven by the unvaccinated. The nation may be in for a very long Winter with the dreams of a Covid free world a distant thought. Americans have eschewed new lockdowns and restrictions while Europe is taking the opposite approach with strict quarantine rules governing the unvaccinated. By the Spring the World will know which approach was better at corralling the virus.