2020-03-21 07:12:58uni2019
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Updated 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of the announcement of sweeping new restrictions for residents and businesses in Los Angeles County, Mayor Eric Garcetti warned of a possible "second spike" in coronavirus cases in the region.
As researchers continue to search for a vaccination for the potentially deadly virus, the possibility of a resurgence in cases looms once restrictions are lifted, according to Garcetti.
"In these pandemics and these new viruses in the past, what will happen is the more success we have today in flattening that curve, it doesn't mean that you are in the future going to have less incidents, it actually can cause more later. All it does is help us manage this so that hospital beds and resources aren't overwhelmed and fewer people die. That's worth doing, we're doing that," Garcetti said in an interview with Eyewitness News. "But we could see after the summer months - after it's hotter, humidity also seems to reduce the incidents of this as well - that as early as October or November or December kind of the flu season time, we could see a second spike. The more people that don't get it now, they're going to be
"In these pandemics and these new viruses in the past, what will happen is the more success we have today in flattening that curve, it doesn't mean that you are in the future going to have less incidents, it actually can cause more later. All it does is help us manage this so that hospital beds and resources aren't overwhelmed and fewer people die. That's worth doing, we're doing that," Garcetti said in an interview with Eyewitness News. "But we could see after the summer months - after it's hotter, humidity also seems to reduce the incidents of this as well - that as early as October or November or December kind of the flu season time, we could see a second spike. The more people that don't get it now, they're going to be