Experts: Pandemic won't fade away anytime soon
Infectious disease experts say the COVID-19 pandemic won't disappear anytime soon and increasing infection numbers are not simply a reflection of increased testing. Harvard Global Health Institute Director Dr. Ashish Jha said the virus "will be with us for at least another 12 months, and that's the most optimistic scenario for having a vaccine," while Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University, said the percentage of test results that are positive is climbing and hospitalization rates are also rising in some states, such as Arizona, Florida, Texas and the Carolinas.