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12.06.2020 - Comments

Second Wave? Choppy Water!

by Philipp Immenkötter

There is no uniform epidemiological opinion as to how the pandemic will continue in Germany. Nevertheless, there is increasing evidence that virologists do not expect a second wave-like outbreak. Rather, local outbreaks are to be expected. Germany should therefore be facing choppy water rather than a big wave.

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