Dr. Faisci secret shares to keep your immune system strong
The infectious-disease expert has new predictions and advice.
The future of pandemic coronavirus is difficult to predict. What will our lives look like this winter? Next year? Is it the new normal, even when a vaccine is approved? Dr. Anthony Fauci, the best infectious-infectious expert in the nation, had all this in mind when he recently talked about the business initiate recently; He talked about the last time on the vaccine schedule, how to handle the holidays, keep your immune system strong and when considering, we can finally put it all behind us. Read on and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
When life goes back to normal
In the view of Fauci, we have another year before coronavirus is narrow. But the vaccine is not the only thing that needs to happen. Said Fauci: "I think, at the moment when we arrive at the end of 2021, if everyone is vaccinated and that we continue to implement public health measures that I have spoken constantly in recent months - They are not universally adhered to for - if we do this, the more the vaccine, we will get to the point where the level of virus will be so low and perhaps even, you know, near absence. "
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When we have a vaccine
"I feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a safe and effective vaccine by the end of this calendar year," said Fuci. "I said November-December. Others said October. I think it's unlikely in October, but maybe you never know. But let's say a sure bet will be the end of this year Civil. "
Coronavirus may never disappear completely
"I do not think we're going to eradicate her," said Fuci. "We can not eliminate it completely, but if you take it from a level as low, and enough of the population is protected - either by a vaccine, either in previous, you will have been infected - then you will develop a degree of Herd immunity that you will not have an epidemic. "
Why it takes vitamin D
Fauci reiterated that he takes vitamin D to stimulate his immune system. "There is a good proof that if you have a low level of vitamin D, that you have more a propensity to be infected when there are infections," he said. "These data are pretty good data."
How to keep your immune system strong
Although it recommends taking vitamins C and D, which Fuci said that life choices are more important for your immunity. "If you really want to keep your immune system operate optimally, you do things that you do normal things: get a reasonable amount of sleep, get a good diet, try to avoid or mitigate severe stress, that We can sometimes affect the immune system, "said Fauci." It's a much healthier life than to give you any supplements of anything. "
How to handle the holidays
Fauci said he was currently part of his socialization outside and that cold weather conditions and domestic gatherings will bring challenges. A potential solution to make family meetings safer this winter: "Maybe when the monitoring tests are more widely available, you can be tested?" he said. "Does people have a test that is a 15 minute test, so you will know when you are good. This is not a 100% guarantee, because some of these monitoring tests are not as sensitive as the tests PCR, but nevertheless, but nevertheless, but nevertheless it could be a way to do it. "
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The biggest misconception on the vaccine
"There is a real concern that we might be too fast," said Fauci. "And I think people must understand that speed is not related to a security compromise or a scientific integrity compromise. The fact that we could move so fast is a real reflection of extraordinary technological advances that have been made in the development of vaccines ... Things that have been measured in years are now measured in a few weeks to months. "
The vaccine may not be enough
Yesterday, the director of CDC Robert Redfield said that if the coronavirus vaccine was only 70% effective, it could still wear a face mask. Fauci seems to agree. "A combination of an efficient vaccineand Accession to certain principles of public health will bring us to the point that we want to be, by the end of 2021, "he said." You would never have abandoned public health measures. And the Intensity of public health measures would depend on the level of infection in the community.
"If there is almost no infection in the community, with the vaccine, you may want to be able to say," I can gather safely with people. "You may want to do it with a mask or mask."
How to stay healthy
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