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OC Continues to Grapple With Skyrocketing Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations

Voice of OC, Dec. 1, 2020

December 1, 2020

OC Continues to Grapple With Skyrocketing Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations

“We’re just going to see a continuation of the same trend we’re seeing … then after that we’re going to see an explosion, I would predict,” said UC Irvine epidemiologist and public health expert Andrew Noymer in a Friday phone interview. … “What we see by Christmas time is anybody’s guess,” Noymer said. “It may be bad enough that people actually pay attention this time. It’s a little hard to say that the Thanksgiving explosion will be followed by a Christmas explosion.”