The Biden administration arrived in Washington in January with a wind at its back. After months of struggles with Covid-19, a new vaccine seemed poised to tamp down the virus and unleash a period of economic growth.
But something happened on the road to recovery: The Delta variant. Delta turned the summer of independence into a summer of hesitation, and now the great economic boom seems to be locked in a perpetual state of “coming soon” as Americans wonder if there are more twists and turns coming in the Covid pandemic.
Data from Gallup show just how quickly the story can turn and did turn this summer, in a matter of just a few short months. CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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