Dr. Scott Gottlieb told Yahoo News' “Skullduggery” podcast that he is worried Americans are on track to confront a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says that coronavirus infections may have spread undetected during last week’s nationwide protests over police brutality, potentially exacerbating the anticipated second wave of new COVID-19 cases that could hit this summer or early fall.
He cautioned against developing a false sense of security in outdoor areas and said protesters should seek “high-quality masks” while practicing social distancing as much as possible — even in crowds. Gottlieb said that if the overall infection rate stays where it is or accelerates over the summer as the country reopens, Americans will head back to school and work in September vulnerable to a coronavirus resurgence just as the seasonal flu begins circulating.
While both doctors said Americans must remain vigilant and keep wearing masks, both fell short of saying people should not protest. Patel pointed out that more than 1,200 top public health and medical workers signed an open letter that was published Friday encouraging officials not to use the pandemic as an excuse to shut down protests. She called the letter an expression of the public health and medical profession’s “abundance of frustration with events.
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