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Americans anxious for life to return to normal should prepare for occasional future COVID-19 outbreaks in the same way they ready themselves for significant weather events and similar disruptions, a Duke expert said Tuesday.

Though COVID cases finally appear to be declining, there will be future flare-ups, and people need to be ready to mask back up and make other small sacrifices if need be, said Dr. Mark McClellan, a physician and economist who directs the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.

A former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, McClellan spoke to journalists Tuesday in a virtual media briefing about the current COVID trends, the new treatments available, and what a vaccine for kids under age 5 would do to move the nation out of the pandemic.

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