A 2nd wave happens during a pandemic when the disease infects one group of people first, then infections appear to decrease, & then, infections increase in a different part of the population, resulting in a second wave of infections.
COVID's Reinfection Rate "R0" is estimated to be high, ranging from 2.5 -3.5
sltrib.com/news/2020/03/3…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Trump’s day-trading mentality stopped funding WHO.
WHO "... reports of patients testing positive after being released from treatment ...even after the virus is dead, the nucleic acid (RNA) fragments still remain in the cells… reactivation of the virus is not as likely.”
time.com/5810454/corona…
"..the genetic drift of the S gene is likely to be one of the mechanisms of the adaptation evolution of HCoV-OC43. ... and may have implications in the surveillance of HCoV infections."
nature.com/articles/srep1…
"…If it takes a couple days to notify contacts of a positive case... contact tracing becomes much less effective as people unwittingly spread the virus.”
sciencenews.org/article/covid-…
"There are two types of ‘contacts’ – close contacts and casual contacts.”
“Most cases of COVID-19 in NZ have come from overseas.”
health.govt.nz/our-work/disea…
2 people w/COVID died in CA "....as many as 3 weeks before the US reported its 1st death...may have led to delays in imposing stay-at-home restrictions in the nation's most populous state."
stuff.co.nz/world/americas…
"Lost jobs, closed businesses & a frozen economy have many people anxious.. to get back to normal."
nbcnews.com/business/econo…
Some people think we should just “let it ride” to cull the herd of unwanted American people in our society.
iflscience.com/health-and-med…
livescience.com/covid19-corona…
Questions about social distancing answered here
thespinoff.co.nz/society/17-03-…
Better hygiene –washing hands, not touching your face, and wearing a mask - are critical to stopping COVID & to avoid the 2nd wave.
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