With 2 to 3 million people receiving their coronavirus vaccine daily, it may seem that the pandemic is almost over. It is not. In fact, new variants and a plateau of cases may indicate that we are about to see another increase, and as cases increase in Michigan and Miami Beach, there is a curfew for the holidays, the danger is real. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the President’s chief medical advisor and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attended Today weekend to warn you about getting too complacent. Read the full notice – and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss out on these Clear signs that you’ve had Coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci was asked if people were getting too complacent. “In fact, I am concerned that this is the case,” he said. “If you look at the dynamics of the outbreak, we had that big increase in winter, in the middle of winter, at the end of winter, then it started to fall very, very well and certainly reached around 50 to 60,000. And now it’s stabilized. This is not good because what happened in the past. And history has shown us that when you have this plateau, it is usually the precursor to another wave. In fact, we saw it in the European Union. “
“They are usually about three to four weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of their outbreak,” said Fauci. “They went up like us, went down, stabilized and withdrew public health measures, masking and things like that. And now they are going through the start of a wave – increases of 5 or 10%. I am very concerned if we declare victory prematurely, that this is the same thing that will happen. Vaccines are doing very well, between 2 and 3 million doses per day to be given to people. If we could wait a little longer, the more people are vaccinated, the less likely it is that a sudden increase will occur ”.
“There are a number of variants,” said Fauci, “but the one that is now gaining momentum in our own country is B.1.1.7, which is the UK variant as they call it, because it just happened to be noticed for the first time. time in the UK. The good news about this is that the vaccines that we are distributing now, the three vaccines work very well against this variant. There are some other variants that are more worrying that have not really become dominant and do not appear to be becoming dominant. So the one we’re focusing on now is 1.1.7, there is one in New York and five to six that is worrying. But, hopefully, if we maintain our public health measures, this will not become a dominant variant, but you should keep an eye on the variants. But, as I mentioned, fortunately for us, our vaccines work well against 1.1.7. ”
THE Today the hosts mentioned a survey “which shows that around 18% of health professionals in the country say they do not plan to be vaccinated … What does this say about our chances of achieving collective immunity and what is the limit that we, as a country , do we have to reach to keep us safe? ”
“We don’t really know what that number is,” said Dr. Fauci. “You can make an estimate of what it is … it is purely an estimate somewhere between 70 and 85% of the vaccinated population. I mean, whenever there is a degree of hesitation about vaccination in any group, you just mentioned, um, the health professionals. It is disturbing. We have to continue to reach out to them and try to convince them. First of all, without being accusing to them, to try to find out what is it that worries you? It is because you feel that things happened too quickly, you can explain that this is really a reflection of the science that has spanned decades ago. So, although in terms of time, it looks like it’s fast. The fact is that there has been a lot of effort and science invested in it, and if it is safe and effective, it is very clearly proven that it is highly effective. Therefore, we must continue to reach out to these people. “
Following in the CDC’s footsteps, schools of recommendation can keep children a meter away – instead of 1.80 – Dr. Fauci was asked whether the same could happen to adults. “I think, in the end, that will be the case – what the CDC does is try to the best of its ability to accumulate solid scientific evidence and data, as they did with the children at school. When that data arrives, I believe you will see some changes in recommendations for a variety of things, travel in the workplace, places of worship. This will start to be released. ”For now, get vaccinated when it is available to you and to protect your life and the lives of others, do not visit any of these 35 places you’re most likely to reach COVID.