COVID-19 cases could surge in fall -- and last 2 years -- University of Minnesota report predicts

MINNEAPOLIS — The growing COVID-19 pandemic could last up to two years, with a potential second wave in the fall, according to nationally renowned University of Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm and a team of researchers.The exact path the disease will take is unclear, but with no vaccine and a global population that had no immunity to the new coronavirus, COVID-19 could follow patterns seen in previous pandemics.That means that governments will need to continually adjust their pandemic responses to waves of infections, which could have several peaks, rather than a distinct period of ...

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