In many ways, 2020 is looking like 1918, the year the great influenza pandemic raged. Like then, science is unable to crush an insidious yet avoidable infectious disease before hundreds of thousands die from it. LOS ANGELES - Authorities around the world are beginning to ease their coronavirus lockdown restrictions despite warnings from medical experts and no concrete date as to when a vaccine will be available.
As new cases and deaths continue to climb daily in the United States, some government officials have argued that the warmer weather of the summer may result in a retreat of the virus, but researchers have warned of a deadly second wave even as the first wave of the virus has yet to abate. RELATED: CDC director warns that COVID-19