Comment on Iowa COVID-19 daily update: Gov. Reynolds expresses optimism, medical professionals remain pensive

After weeks of warning about the consequences of Thanksgiving spreading COVID-19 further in Iowa, the travel season has begun in earnest, and it looks like people are still traveling anyway. Iowa's COVID-19 numbers have improved compared to the previous two weeks, even dropping below 40 percent positivity rate on Monday. But, don't get too excited, as cases were back near 4,000 and positivity was back up near 40 percent on Tuesday. This slight improvement in the numbers, plus the promise of a vaccine in the near future, had Gov.