U.S. has 20 per cent higher covid cases in last two weeks, good luck with relaxing covid restrictions, how high will the numbers go?

You're asking a question that no one can answer at this point. 

Cases are rising but probably not to the peaks they reached in January.

Actually it's 17%.

However, almost all states are continuing to decline

Texas that was supposed to implode after fully opening 3+ weeks ago, is continuing to see a decline.

It's not the vaccine -- Pfizer said this will that their vaccine isn't expected to be effective for more than 6months.  That is a really short time frame that causes so much illness and doesn't less than 90% effective in real world settings.

Cases up; hospitalizations either flat or down. 

Thanks vaccine.   We already are no longer in a pandemic (hospitals overrunned) and now we need to get herd immunity. 

I'm suspicious, for the simple fact that if people are getting vaccinated, why are the covid cases increasing. is the vaccine bogus?

I'm guessing this will be the last surge since so many are vaccinated now.