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Do we know whether Covid is actually seasonal?

It seems we are told by some to brace for an epically bad fall. However, this thing slammed the Northeast in spring and ravaged the “hot states” in the middle of summer. It just seems that politics and vested interests are so intertwined here now that it is hard to work out what is going on. I thought I would ask some actual experts if they can spare a few minutes. Thank you.
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Emergency Physician here: It’s not because we expect *COVID* to be worse, it’s because of all the other Acute Febrile Respiratory Illnesses (AFRI) that ARE seasonal will also occur. Flu pushes US hospitals to brink of capacity most years without any additional new pandemic.  And because the symptoms of most are overlapping (and NOT mutually exclusive - people get flu and COVID), disguising between them is expected to be awful. This is why rapid testing (like 1 hour) is so important, but also why we are basically going to be locked down until there is a widely available vaccine.