Faye Flam: Here comes the fourth wave (or not)
Summary: Even if we can’t predict the size or timing of a next wave, public health officials do know that the disease will continue to kill as long as some people don’t qualify for the vaccine or can’t book an appointment.
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Faye Flam, Bloomberg Opinion |
11:00 am, Apr. 19, 2021
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Coronavirus patients coming in emergency are housed in a makeshift ER unit established in a tent at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center on Dec. 23, 2020, in Colton, California.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
So are we having a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. or not? University of Minnesota’s Michael Osterholm has forecast a COVID “Category 5 hurricane” this spring. To some people, a look at hard-hit Michigan could justify this level of alarm.