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Deborah Birx, a leading member of the Trump administration’s White House coronavirus task force, said on Sunday the U.S. should be prepared for another potential COVID-19 surge after a recent uptick in infections in South Africa.
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“Each of these surges are about four to six months apart. That tells me that natural immunity wanes enough in the general population after four to six months that a significant surge is going to occur again. And this is what we have to be prepared for in this country,” she added.
Birx specifically warned Americans should be “preparing right now for a potential surge in this summer across the southern United States.”
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Her remarks come after South Africa saw a major uptick in infections after the highly contagious omicron variant was first detected there late last year.
More recently, South Africa has seen more than 31,000 COVID-19 cases in the past week, which is still significantly lower than the over 140,000 cases reported at the height of the omicron surge in December, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Who freaking cares at this point? It's a bad cold, nothing more. For most people, not even flu-like. But hey, everyone, be scared, mask up, and go get your seventeenth booster!!
Notice how cases seem to peak in the summer then again in the winter? Think it has anything to do with people being indoors more frequently then?
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