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Prognosis

Virus Fatigue Is Risk as U.S. Heads Into Fall, Ex-FDA Head Says

  • ‘People are exhausted’ with pandemic measures, Gottlieb warns
  • Likelihood of vaccine for broad use in 2020 ‘extremely low’

Visitors wearing protective mask stand on the "Edge" observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards during the public reopening in New York, on Sept. 2.

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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“Pandemic fatigue” is an additional risk as the U.S. heads into the fall and winter, when infectious diseases traditionally spread more readily, former Food and Drug Administration head Scott Gottlieb said.