CDC Director Warns Second Coronavirus Wave Could Be Worse Than Current Outbreak

With the flu and the coronavirus spreading at the same time, American hospital systems could be inundated with patients come winter

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On Tuesday, the day after the coronavirus death toll in the United States passed 40,000, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield cautioned that the anticipated second outbreak of COVID-19 expected next winter could surpass the current wave.

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