[2006alum]

Given the CDC projection of a larger second wave for the upcoming winter

Please share where the CDC has projected a larger second wave of the virus in the fall or winter. My understanding is that the director is concerned a second wave might coincide with the peak of a typical flu season outbreak, and put a strain on the hospital system. It's not that the second wave of the virus will be more severe. . . .

Ask and you shall receive:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/jtenenbaum/status/1252705967269130248?s=20[/tweet]

Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more dire because it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season.

“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean.”

Slightly different wording than "larger," but I think the underlying point is that it could be even worse, whether that be in technical number of cases or severity of outcomes.

[2006alum]

Given the CDC projection of a larger second wave for the upcoming winter

Please share where the CDC has projected a larger second wave of the virus in the fall or winter. My understanding is that the director is concerned a second wave might coincide with the peak of a typical flu season outbreak, and put a strain on the hospital system. It's not that the second wave of the virus will be more severe. . . .

Ask and you shall receive:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/jtenenbaum/status/1252705967269130248?s=20[/tweet]

Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more dire because it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season.

“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean.”

Slightly different wording than "larger," but I think the underlying point is that it could be even worse, whether that be in technical number of cases or severity of outcomes.