Social distancing is not only about preventing the illness itself, but rather, slowing the rate at which people get sick. WASHINGTON - The nation’s top infectious disease expert sounded optimistic this week regarding the chances of a second wave of coronavirus infections hitting the United States — but only if all the countermeasures needed to address the outbreak remain in place. “We often talk about the possibility of a second wave, or of an outbreak when you’re reopening.
We don’t have to accept that as an inevitability,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday during an interview on CNN. “And particularly when people start thinking about the fall.