This is in contrast to Trump stating that he won't lock down the country again --
‘The 1918 Spanish flu’s second wave was even more devastating’: Americans brace for another coronavirus outbreak in the fallAmerica is staring down a widespread COVID-19 testing shortage with no vaccine in sight. So what happens when coronavirus makes its unceremonious return?
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Financial Times that he “can’t guarantee†more stay-at-home requirements in the winter or the fall. “We are committed to using the time that we have now to get this nation as over-prepared as possible.â€
“We’ve seen evidence that the concerns it would go south in the southern hemisphere like flu [are coming true], and you’re seeing what’s happening in Brazil now,†Redfield told the U.K. paper, “and then when the southern hemisphere is over I suspect it will re-ground itself in the north.â€
“This simple respiratory viral pathogen has really brought my nation to its knees, and the reality is, it’s no one particular person’s fault,†he added. (A Columbia University study released this week said up to 36,000 lives could have been saved had U.S. economy shut down even one week earlier.)
‘We are committed to using the time that we have now to get this nation as over-prepared as possible.’
— Robert Redfield, director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for more than three decades, previously declared, “We will have coronavirus in the fall. I am convinced of that.†He previously said the “ultimate game changer†will be a vaccine, but that could take 12 to 18 months..............
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/we-will-not-have-a-vaccine-by-next-winter-what-happens-when-coronavirus-returns-2020-04-22?mod=mw_latestnews