Can the U.S. handle the second wave of COVID-19 coming our way?
Posted on AllSides May 6th, 2020
From The Center
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate) — Like surfers looking out for the next big breaker before the first one has passed, epidemiologists and public-health officials in the United States are bracing themselves for a fresh surge of COVID-19 infections later this year. The fear is that this second wave will coincide with the peak of the 2020-21 U.S. influenza season, triggering a new flood of hospital patients in dire need of respiratory support.
The fear is justified, based on what we know about coronaviruses and influenza. For both, infections begin rising...
