A second coronavirus outbreak could emerge this winter in conjunction with the flu season to make for an even more dire health crisis, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told The Washington Post
"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," CDC Director Robert Redfield said in a story published Tuesday."And when I've said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don't understand what I mean.
White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx was asked during Tuesday's news briefing about Redfield's comments and how such a confluence of coronavirus and the seasonal flu could affect plans to reopen the country.
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