CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus might be 'more difficult'

[mystery-ak]

CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus might be 'more difficult'
By Zack Budryk - 04/21/20 04:51 PM EDT

A potential second wave of the novel coronavirus late in the year would likely be more deadly as it would overlap with flu season, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) head Robert Redfield told The Washington Post Tuesday.

“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” Redfield told the Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean.”

Redfield said two coinciding outbreaks of respiratory disease would strain the nation’s health care system even further than the current pandemic, which has been marked by shortages of ventilators, test kits and personal protective equipment.


Americans can make such a scenario less likely, he said, by keeping up to date on flu vaccinations, which he said “may allow there to be a hospital bed available for your mother or grandmother that may get coronavirus.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/493973-cdc-director-warns-second-wave-of-coronavirus-might-be-more-difficult

[Smokin Joe]

I have heard this song before...

Flu Shots! Get'cher Flu shots! Flu shots!

 

(Of course a second wave would be more deadly if they had all those flu victims to add in)