'This is a brand new virus,' a former CDC official says. 'It's a good time to remind people that 90% of America is probably still susceptible.' That's why he says he's confident that a second wave will happen.
Even as President Trump pushes to reopen the economy and states begin to relax stay-at-home orders, Khan says that"it's important to recognize that we haven't canceled the pandemic."
"We just are able to reopen because we've got a better sense on the availability of health care resources within our community," he says."We're sort of plateauing our cases, and we're hoping that we'll slowly start to decrease our cases."This is a brand new virus. It's a good time to remind people that 90% of America is probably still susceptible. And if you weren't on the East Coast, you might think, 'Oh, this wasn't so bad.' ...
We need to combine that with good protocols in all sorts of settings where we're likely to have higher risk — for schools, for example, that are going to be opened, other large businesses, warehouses. We are already seeing this obviously in prisons and meatpacking places, etc. And we need to make sure health care is protected, health care workers are protected.
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