Experts predict autumn surge in COVID-19 cases will not be as bad as prior years
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The Washington Post (9/3, A1, Achenbach, Sun) reported “infectious-disease experts are guardedly optimistic that the spread of COVID-19 this autumn and winter won’t be as brutal as in the previous two years of the pandemic.” Modeling of “coronavirus scenarios from multiple research teams, shared in recent weeks with federal officials, foresee stable or declining hospitalizations in early fall.” While “a new variant remains the biggest wild card,” there are still “several factors – including the approval...of reformulated boosters and the buildup of immunity against the latest strain of the virus --” that “could suppress some of the cold-season spread, experts say.”
