With nearly 4,000 deaths of Americans a day in coronavirus (sometimes more) and almost 400,000 American deaths in total (with more to come), we are in the worst months of the pandemic. Head of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky, current head of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, appeared on CBS ‘ Face the Nation yesterday with a warning about exactly that, predicting “a few dark weeks ahead.” Keep reading – and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss out on these Clear signs that you’ve had the coronavirus.
The worst months are ahead of us, warned Walensky
Dr. Walensky was asked if she thought the worst months were yet to come. “Unfortunately, yes, I think so,” she said, citing the death rate mentioned above. “In mid-February, we expect half a million deaths in this country. This does not concern the tens of thousands of people who live with an uncharacterized syndrome after they recover.” She referred to post-COVID syndrome, or long COVID, which can result in months, possibly a lifetime, of fatigue, pain and neurological symptoms. “And we still haven’t seen the ramifications of what happened to vacation travel, with the increase in vacations in terms of high rates of hospitalizations and subsequent deaths. So, yes, I think we still have some dark weeks ahead.”
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The new COVID-19 mutation is a cause for “concern”
The new, more transmissible COVID-19 variant – one from the UK, others from South Africa and Brazil – may not make you sicker than the original, but more people are expected to get sick more quickly. “When we see these mutations, we worry about several things,” said Walensky. “We are concerned that they have increased transmissibility.” The new yes, according to the United Kingdom “We worry about whether they have increased morbidity and mortality. We worry about whether they will escape our treatment mechanisms or our vaccines. So far, the UK one seems to be more transmissible. We have no further information on whether he evades our vaccines. We have indications that he probably will not. “
“But what means greater transmissibility,” she continued, “is that there are more cases and therefore more deaths.”
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How to survive this pandemic – and this mutation
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the new variant is yet another reason to be vaccinated as soon as possible. “The easiest way to avoid this negative effect of these new isolates is only when the vaccine is available, people should be vaccinated,” said Dr. Fauci in Meet the press yesterday. “Boy, if there was ever a bugle for people to put aside vaccination hesitation. If we can vaccinate the overwhelming majority of the population, we will be in very good shape and we will be able to beat even the mutant.”
Walensky admitted that there were “bottlenecks” that prevented some people from receiving the vaccine, but promised that “our job is to ensure that, with all the support of the federal government, we resolve all of these bottlenecks wherever we are so that we can apply the vaccine in our arms. of people. “
So follow Fauci’s fundamentals and help stop this wave, no matter where you live – use a face mask, social distance, avoid large crowds, do not go home with people you are not sheltering (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, be vaccinated when it is available to you and to protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these 35 places you’re most likely to reach COVID.