Fauci Warns Second Wave Of Coronavirus ‘Inevitable’ – 100k More Body Bags Purchased

As antsy Americans show growing signs of “quarantine fatigue” and officials face pressure to ease coronavirus restrictions, factories, malls and state governments in many parts of the country are taking steps toward reopening.

But Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a second wave of infections is “inevitable” in the United States, which has recorded more than 1 million confirmed cases — nearly one-third of the global total. Fauci also warned that “we could be in for a bad fall and a bad winter” if the right countermeasures aren’t put in place. -Full Report

U.S. Buys 100,000 More Body Bags, Preparing for Coronavirus Worst

Experimental drug declared by US as first effective treatment against COVID-19

In the wake of CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield’s comments that a second wave of the coronavirus in the fall and winter could be even more challenging than the first, President Trump downplayed the possibility. But Dr. Anthony Fauci said “We will have coronavirus in the fall: I am convinced of that.” NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander reports for TODAY from Washington, D.C.