Gottlieb expects "extended plateau" of COVID cases in the South
Gottlieb likened the experience across the South, which is reporting a surge in coronavirus cases, to Brazil.
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Gottlieb likened the experience across the South, which is reporting a surge in coronavirus cases, to Brazil.
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