Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned Wednesday that a second wave of COVID-19 infections could hit the United States next winter if the coronavirus pandemic follows a seasonal pattern.
“I think we have to assume this is like other respiratory viruses, and there will be a seasonality to it,” Redfield said in an interview with “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos, who announced this week that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.“Until we see it, we don’t know for certain,” Redfield said.
“We are working hard to augment [a public health strategy] now so that as we get into the next season we’ll be able to stay in high containment mode while we complement that with some continued mitigation strategies,” Redfield said. Using computer models, the Harvard team looked at how long the virus could persist if it turned out to be seasonal and, under that assumption, concluded that a reemergence of COVID-19 could swamp hospitals if social distancing were not kept in place.
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