White House Warns COVID-19 , Cases Could Double Late This Year.<br />The United States could soon <br />experience an influx of COVID-19 <br />cases, White House officials warn.<br />According to 'The Washington Post,' officials expect 100 million new infections and a potential wave of coronavirus-related deaths.<br />The CDC says the United States has seen <br />almost 82 million positive infections since <br />the beginning of the pandemic.<br />Though experts say case counts could be much higher than the official record, .<br />a new wave of 100 million infections would more than double recorded totals.<br />The unknown is how many variants that are immune evading will come out <br />between now and December. , Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher <br />CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.<br />The unknown is how many variants that are immune evading will come out <br />between now and December. , Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher <br />CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.<br />For each new variant <br />that is sufficiently immune evading... , Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher <br />CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.<br />...you can kind of expect <br />a wave, as long as it’s contagious enough. , Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher <br />CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.<br />Experts worry federal officials are not currently doing enough to prepare for <br />the next wave of coronavirus.<br />We're not <br />doing anything. , Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher <br />CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.<br />We're sort of drifting <br />in the ocean. We're being <br />hit again and again by waves <br />of something we have <br />no control over. , Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher <br />CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'
