The increase in COVID-19 cases has spurred talk of a 'second wave' of coronavirus infections. Experts say that's the wrong term to describe what's happening.
The alarming trend has spurred talk of a “second wave” of coronavirus infections in the U.S. But health experts agree that “second wave” is probably the wrong term to describe what’s happening., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “We’re in the first wave. Let’s get out of the first wave before you have a second wave.”. After schools and businesses were closed across the country, the rate of new cases dropped somewhat.
Scientists generally agree the nation is still in its first wave of coronavirus infections, albeit one that’s dipping in some parts of the country while rising in others. “This virus is spreading around the United States and hitting different places with different intensity at different times,” said , chief executive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who was acting director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the H1N1 flu pandemic hit the U.S. in 2009.“What I would call this is continued transmission with flare-ups,” he said.
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