Giroir, a four-star admiral, is serving as director of coronavirus diagnostic tests in the United States. He said that during the holiday season, as it has been for months, the most important factor is how careful Americans are.
“I really encourage people to follow the CDC guidelines, make their family meetings small, safe, protect the elderly and we can get over it,” he said.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking with presenter Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union”, said it is quite possible that there will be a post-holiday increase, even if people are careful.
“There is no guarantee that this will happen, but there is certainly a danger that it will happen. When you travel – you see pictures on TV screens, Dana, of people in airports crowded in lines, trying to be physically separated. But it is so difficult to do that, “said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Nearly 19 million cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in the United States. The current death toll is 331,930, by far the highest in the world.