 You're also hearing about some variants that are circulating now that are a little bit better at evading the pre-existing population immunity. That, combined with the heat, is causing people to get sick. Some people are staying cool by turning on fans or standing in front of air blowers. You don't want to have an infected person standing in front of a wind source that will sort of take the virus they're breathing out and push it vertically across a room. Scott Gellman, WTOP News. WTOP News, time now, 2-0-7.