Anthony Fauci's vision for battling a second wave of coronavirus in the fall: Be prepared like we should have been in January

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• On Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed his playbook for preparing the US for potential future waves of COVID-19 infections, which could come after lockdowns lift or in the fall.
• Fauci said the US should develop its capacity for widespread testing, contact tracing, and case isolation — "the things that were not in place in January."
• Antibody testing could help experts understand how many people may be immune to the virus, and how many people are still vulnerable.
• Even if things go back to normal, Fauci said, we can't "ever let it get out of hand again."
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Though the US could pass the peak of its coronavirus outbreak in the next week, it won't be the end of the battle. 

In a livestreamed interview on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he and the rest of the White House coronavirus task force are still trying to figure out what to do after April 30, when federal stay-at-home guidelines are set to expire.

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