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Dr. Birx sees encouraging signs, but warns people of second wave if they start going out
April 8, 2020 / By Rebecca Shabad
WASHINGTON — Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, said Wednesday that there are encouraging signs that parts of the U.S. may be flattening their curves but she warned that people shouldn’t start going out and socially interacting.
In an interview with Savannah Guthrie on the “TODAY” show, Birx said that California and Washington state began social distancing very early and said their curves are “persistently flat and that’s very encouraging.”
New York and New Jersey, meanwhile, had a “logarithmic rise in the number of new cases,” she said.
“We’re seeing that stabilizing and that gives us great encouragement,” Birx said.
