Risk of COVID-19 second wave 'very real,' as economy reopens

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Experts at the World Health Organization believe there is a strong chance that there will be a second wave of the COVID019 pandemic. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia," on Tuesday that it's unclear that there will be a second wave, peak, or a continuing first wave since numbers haven't really dropped since countries have begun reopening.

"Now, the moment you start having that mixing again, there's every chance that the transmission could restart," she said, noting that the virus is still in the community. She also noted that extreme social distancing and lockdowns have so far halted the spread.

Which, of course means we're totally going to have a second wave of the pandemic hit the U.S. Think about it, we barely made it two months before white people had to grab their semi-automatic pitchforks and scream safely at police to re-open the country because we needed haircuts.

We are so far behind places like New Zealand who recently announced that they eradicated the virus after strict lockdown and social distancing measures, you have to look at the bright side - at least Becky's roots will be fire this summer.

However, it really depends the future. As a lot of republican leaders have pointed out, data models trying chart the growth of this infection have often been wrong so we really don’t know what’s going to happen.

But what do you think?

-Alex

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