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- Coronavirus transmission can be stopped and the curve can be flattened, Dr. Anthony Fauci insisted in a wide-ranging interview that Brown University hosted on YouTube.
- Wearing face masks, social distancing, and hand hygiene are among the few key steps needed to reduce the infection rate.
- But Dr. Fauci also identified the key problem that needs to be fixed so that the country doesn't head into a catastrophe in the fall or winter.
America accounts for more than 25% of worldwide coronavirus infections as of Saturday morning, with nearly 5.1 million confirmed cases of the 19.6 million global cases. And COVID-19 is still spreading at alarming rates in several states. The infection rate appears to have reached a plateau, but there are no guarantees with this particular pathogen. The massive outbreaks that started a few months ago as economies reopened proved that you can never be too careful.
As the northern hemisphere is approaching fall and winter, health officials everywhere will start preparing for a nightmare scenario. It's not just going to be COVID-19 that circulates freely inside communities, but also the flu, a virus that thrives in cold weather. If left unchecked, the novel coronavirus will continue to crowd hospitals and some regions could experience a secondary flu epidemic on top of COVID-19.
Speaking with Brown University's Dr. Ashish K. Jha, the incoming dean at the School of Public Health, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the country needs to do one thing to avoid a catastrophe in the fall or winter.
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