There Is No 'Second Wave'

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🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

America is still stuck in the first one. Maddie and Emily examine how the idea of a 'second wave' of coronavirus might have taken hold.

NPR science correspondent Nurith Aizenman's report on why the first wave isn't over.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.4	Maddie, Sify here with Shortwave reporter Emily Quang.
0:07.6	Hey Quang.
0:08.4	Hey Maddie.
0:09.6	Well Quang, it's another blurs day in 20 Shmumblebum.
0:14.1	Here we are.
0:15.2	Today, we have an important message to share with you
0:18.5	because apparently a few people out there need to hear it,
0:22.1	which is that when it comes to this coronavirus,
0:25.3	there is no second wave.
0:29.1	Oh, thank God.
0:30.7	I feel so much better.
0:31.5	That does it.
0:32.3	That's the whole show.
0:33.0	Thank you for listening to Shortwave.
0:34.7	I'm Maddie Sify.
0:35.9	This episode was produced.
0:36.8	All right.
0:37.8	Well, clearly this is going to require some explanation.
0:40.2	We're not going to leave you there.
0:41.5	Because for a few weeks now, you might have heard the exact opposite
0:45.5	that there is a second wave.
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