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Without Mitigation, Coronavirus Could Infect 100 Million+ Across U.S. This Fall/Winter

HeadlineMay 09, 2022

The Biden administration is warning a new wave of COVID-19 could infect 100 million people in the United States this fall and winter. The White House issued the warning as it called on Congress to approve $22.5 billion in new pandemic funding. Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, spoke to ABC.

Dr. Ashish Jha: “We’re looking at a range of models, both internal and external models, and what they’re predicting is that if we don’t get ahead of this thing, we’re going to have a lot of waning immunity. This virus continues to evolve, and we may see a pretty sizable wave of infections, hospitalizations and deaths this fall and winter.”

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