Daily reports of cases are rising, and one health expert says we're a week away from a "rapid acceleration" of the numbers. Another top doctor said Wednesday it is going to be a difficult winter. Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, also said this pandemic will not go on forever. Things will get better with the arrivals of vaccines and therapeutics next year but "this is going to be a horrible winter, unfortunately," he said. Hotez's comments come as the national seven-day case average has risen 70% in five and a half weeks, Johns Hopkins University data show.

Source: CNN October 21, 2020 07:25 UTC