Anthony Fauci, the nation's top expert on infectious diseases, said Wednesday that a second wave of coronavirus infections is "not inevitable" if people are vigilant about proper mitigation efforts.
"We often talk about the the possibility of a second wave, or of an outbreak when you’re reopening," Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, said on CNN. "We don’t have to accept that as an inevitability."
"And particularly when people start thinking about the fall. I want people to really appreciate that, it could happen but it is not inevitable," he added.
Last month, Fauci had said in multiple interviews that a second wave of COVID-19 was indeed unavoidable.
"It’s inevitable that the coronavirus will return next season. ... When it does, how we handle it, will determine our fate,” he told NBC News.
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Fauci and other health experts have repeatedly voiced caution about plans to allow nonessential businesses and other public venues to reopen, stressing that widespread testing availability and a comprehensive contact-tracing program need to be in place.
On Wednesday, he said he was encouraged by the progress states and the federal government were making in that regard.
"I’m feeling better about it as we go by with the weeks that go by, and we see that we’re getting more and more capability of testing,” he said, adding that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has built a stronger workforce to help with "identification, isolation, and contact tracing."Read the rest of the story HERE and follow links below to related stories and resources:
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