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COVID-19 might intensify over holidays, experts warn
COVID-19 cases will continue to climb through the holiday season if Americans abandon safety measures.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, M.D., and Deborah Birx, M.D., are warning that COVID-19 cases will continue to climb through the holiday season if Americans abandon safety measures to travel and attend social gatherings, according to CNET. The two White House coronavirus task force experts, who spoke during a Wall Street Journal event, said people may also become more lax about practices such as wearing face masks and handwashing, given news that a vaccine may be on the horizon. But Dr. Fauci noted that vaccine hesitancy and misinformation will remain a challenge, The Wall Street Journal reports.