A coronavirus outbreak in the United States is now inevitable, a top CDC official said
Tuesday, elevating concerns that the public health emergency could soon become a full-scale pandemic.
“Ultimately, we will see community spread in this country,” Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases told reporters on a call. “It’s not a question of if but rather a question of when and how many people in this country will have severe illness.
“CDC is concerned about the situation but we are putting our concerns to work preparing,” she said. “Now is the time for hospitals, schools and everyday people to begin preparing as well.” She added that authorities are working with states and localities on contingencies like promoting telework or discouraging large public gatherings if the virus spreads.
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