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Collected Item: “First Wave never ended”

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First Wave never ended

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Here we have discussion on the first a second wave topics. The second wave of covid was supposed to come after the first wave ended, and would perhaps be less intense. However, due to early reopening the first wave never actually ended in the US.

I included this tweet because there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the first and second waves of covid. Many are talking about the second wave hitting the US now as cases spike, but disregard the fact that cases were never began significantly going down. Therefore, we are still in the first wave. Even in my own personal life, people are confused and mixed up about the first and second waves.

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#hst, #485, #firstwave, #secondwave, #USA

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https://twitter.com/sherifa78060270/status/1276458749658427398?s=20

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@sherifa78060270

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2020-06-26
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