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Fauci: US may see 'surge upon surge' of virus in weeks ahead

By TAMARA LUSH director of the National In-
The nation's top infectious stitute of Allergy and Infec-
disease expert said Sunday tious Diseases, told ABC’s
that the U.S. may see "surge “This Week” that the lev-
upon a surge" of the coro- el of infection in the U.S.
navirus in the weeks after would not “all of a sudden
Thanksgiving, and he does turn around.”
not expect current recom- “So clearly in the next few
mendations around social weeks, we’re going to have
distancing to be relaxed the same sort of thing. And
before Christmas. perhaps even two or three
Meanwhile, in a major re- weeks down the line ... we
versal, New York City May- may see a surge upon a
or Bill DeBlasio said the na- surge,” he said.
tion's largest school system Fauci addressed the school
will reopen to in-person issue, saying that spread
learning and increase the “among children and
number of days a week from children is not really
many children attend class. very big at all, not like one
The announcement came would have suspected. So
just 11 days after the Dem- let’s try to get the kids back,
ocratic mayor said schools but let’s try to mitigate the
would shut down because things that maintain and
of rising COVID-19 cases. just push the kind of com-
"We feel confident that we munity spread that we’re
can keep schools safe," he trying to avoid,” he said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks
said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Continued on next page during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, Thurs-
day, Nov. 19, 2020. Associated Press.