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David Weber<\/a><\/strong>, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in infectious diseases, said the term “second wave” has been used to describe trends during past outbreaks, including the 1918 influenza and 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto, in a recent Washington Post<\/a><\/strong> interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In those instances, unlike most countries\u2019\u00a0coronavirus outbreaks, \u201cthey essentially got down to zero\u201d new infections before a second surge, Weber said. \u201cIf you got down to no cases it would count potentially as a new wave,\u201d he told the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But few places have\u00a0banished the virus<\/a>\u00a0only to see it return, while many have seen infection levels drop amid lockdowns and rise as economies restart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is going to wax and wane,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s worldwide now. It\u2019s not going away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the Washington Post article here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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