Unless more people follow precautions, “This winter will be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation” according to CDC director Robert Redfield on Wednesday.
That’s a strong statement given the Influenza of 1918 took the lives of an estimated 675,000 Americans. But worried public health officials are going there as the current Covid-19 pandemic deepens.“We’re seeing terrifying increases in numbers in L.A.
County,” said that region’s public health director, Barbara Ferrer, on Wednesday. “That can only be turned around if everyone — businesses and individuals — use the tools to slow the spread.”The usually optimistic Ferrer struck a more somber tone on Wednesday, the day after the county saw its highest number of
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