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What makes a 'wave' of disease? An epidemiologist explains

  • Written by Abram L. Wagner, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
imageDaily deaths from COVID-19 have rarely been below 600 in the U.S. since March.Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Panic about a second wave of coronavirus cases is “overblown,” Vice President Mike Pence wrote in June, implying the U.S. has COVID-19 under control. On the other hand, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of...

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