Mayo Clinic Q&A: On the verge of another COVID-19 surge

As spring break travelers return home and the highly transmissible U.K. COVID-19 variant is discovered in all 50 U.S. states the country is on the verge of a fourth COVID-19 pandemic surge. Thats according to a number of health experts including Dr. Gregory Poland an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinics Vaccine Research Group. However Dr. Poland says there is some good news related to the transmission of COVID-19 on surfaces. "Wisdom resides in changing your mind and your recommendations as new data and science become available" says Dr. Poland. "What the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doing is modifying those guidelines saying that the risk of touching a contaminated surface and then getting infected is very low." (Published 04/14/2021)