1) Until there’s a vaccine “it’s unfortunately not unlikely that we may see a second wave or even a third wave,” said Peter Marks, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, which oversees vaccines. He spoke on a call with reporters about vaccine development organized by the Commonwealth Fund. “I shudder to think of that, but I think we have to be realistic."
2) Over the past week,
several nations and US states have announced plans to start relaxing coronavirus restrictions. But there's a big risk to opening up too soon—it could spark a second wave of coronavirus infections, warned Centers for Disease Control director Robert Redfield, MD. Dr. Redfield believes this second wave could be even more dangerous. Speaking to
The Washington Post, he said there is 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," because it will happen during flu season.
3) Beware of the second wave of COVID-19 - The Lancet
A study focused on the effects of extending or relaxing physical distancing control measures in Wuhan has suggested that if the measures are gradually relaxed in March, a second wave of cases might occur in the northern hemisphere mid-summer. Country-specific models of the effects of travel restrictions and social distancing, as well as the alternative strategies after the relaxation of these interventions, such as the use of face masks, temperature checks, and contact tracing, are now needed.
While the epidemic is growing exponentially, the health-care system will face severe burdens. Governments should act and prepare immediately to ensure that the health-care system has adequate labour, resources, and facilities to minimise the mortality risk of COVID-19. - The Lancet
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30845-X/fulltext
4) As social distancing rules are relaxed, public health officials are warning about a
possible second wave of
coronavirus cases later this year. Dr.Shoshana Ungerleider, an internal medicine physician at Sutter Health in San Francisco, said Monday on CBSN that public health officials agree another round of cases is "very, very likely to happen."
5) Here’s Why Experts Expect A Second Coronavirus Wave. As countries across the world begin to
gradually lift coronavirus lockdowns, experts and officials are ramping up warnings about the possibility of a second—
and more deadly—wave of the pandemic. "In my mind, it's inevitable that we'll have a return of the virus,” Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s leading infectious disease doctor and member of the White House coronavirus task force
told Bloomberg in late April. “When it does, how we handle it will determine our fate.”
6) Japan and Singapore have already had a second wave, "We are facing a crisis of a second wave in the spread of (the coronavirus) infections," Gov. Naomichi Suzuki told reporters in the capital, Sapporo. Japan.
Link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51955931
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https://www.theguardian.com/politic...econd-coronavirus-wave-as-uk-lockdown-weakens
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11443270/second-wave-coronavirus-flu-outbreak/
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...cond-wave-who-europe-hans-kluge-a9493286.html
Coronavirus: World must prepare for second and third wave of Covid-19, WHO warns. Countries around the world must be prepared for a “second or third wave” of the
coronavirus until a vaccine is available, the
World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. (See Link of full article above) WHO: Do Not Question Whether There Will Be a Second Wave of Virus Infections, the worst is still ahead of us.
The genie is out of the bottle, so second and third waves are inevitable, and any vaccine will have it's own risks, a vaccine can make you 30% more vulnerable to Covid-19 as the US military found in troop vaccinations..............
I think I will start charging for all this Info........