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Re: How will they know it's a false alarm?

" To truly be a second wave would mean that it had dropped to undetectable levels, life had gone back to normal, and then it had come back."

BS.

Second wave: A phenomenon of infections that can develop during a pandemic. The disease infects one group of people first. Infections appear to decrease. And then, infections increase in a different part of the population, resulting in a second wave of infections.

You don't need to fall to undetectable levels to talk about a second wave. Just look at the curve and you'll see it fits the definition: a notable decrease followed by a new increase.

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