Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies about coronavirus preparedness to the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee in March. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies , the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more dire because it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season. “There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean.” Having two simultaneous respiratory outbreaks would put unimaginable strain on the health-care system, he […]