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Experts think Florida could be the next COVID-19 epicenter. Here’s why
CNN reported.“That makes me very worried because, at the numbers they’re now seeing, it’s very easy to start doubling and lose control of the epidemic,” Dr. David Rubin, director of PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told CNN on Thursday.Rubin says these predictions are backed up by cases confirmed in Florida and are further justified by the rising rates of hospitalizations from Tampa to Orlando to Miami-Dade County and up the east and west coasts of the state.“The potential for the virus to take off there is very, very nerve-racking and could have catastrophic consequences” because of the state’s aging population and the prevalence of nursing homes and retirement communities, Dr.