Dr. Faisci warns the new COVID mutation here
"I would not be surprised if it's already there," he says.
During a week of high (the Moderna vaccine was approved) and low (COVID-19 [Feminine Becoming the third cause of death of the nation), some frightening news came from U.K., Where a new covid-19 strain seemingly more transmitted has led the country to lock fully before Christmas. Will the mutation reach American shores? Is it already here? During an interview with Judy Woodruff onPbPress time,Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top expert on infectious diseases of the nation and the director of the National Institute of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discussed what to worry and the determination of your health and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci said the new mutation could "spread more easily"
"It's something you want to keep an eye on," he says Woodruff. "You do not just want to blow it. Certainly not. You must understand, although Judy, that this coronavirus is an RNA virus. It's makeup, genetic makeup, and these types of viruses tend to mutate. Most mutations have no functional relevance. This one has a suggestion that it could allow the virus to spread more easily. "
Mr. Fauci said that it does not mean that the new strain is more murderer
For what spread easily, "we are always looking for evidence to prove or refute this, but make a hypothesis that it is, in fact, make the virus more communicable - even if it has not been proved yet, it has not been proven yet, it has not been proven yet, it has not yet been proven it seems that everything seems to have an impact on virulence or what we call the dicance life of the virus. Do not make Sicker people and it does not seem to have an impact on the protective nature of the vaccines we are currently using it. It is therefore something you take seriously, you keep your eye on it and you test to determine. There is more functional relevance than we seem to believe that there is. "
Dr. Fauci assumes that the new mutation is already in America
"You must make this hypothesis. Judy, when you see something that is pretty widespread in a place like the United Kingdom, they are also mutations we see in South Africa and taking on trips around the world, I do not would not be surprised if it's already here. When we start looking for it, we will find it. Certainly, it is certainly not yet the most widespread, the way it seems to have assumed that the widespread nature in the United Kingdom But we are going to look for it now. And I'm sure sooner or later, let's get there and find it. "
Dr. Fauci said a travel prohibition "could be premature"
"It could be premature to do it," he said. "I do not think that kind of draconian approach is needed. I think we should seriously consider the possibility of asking for people testing before the United Kingdom's breakdown. But I do not think there is enough Evidence at this time Essentially erase all trips from the United Kingdom, but seriously, to examine the possibility you want to need people arriving here to be tested in a given period. You know, they are 24, 36 or 72 Hours before they lead to a plane to come to the United States. "
How to survive this pandemic
As for yourself, follow the fundamental principles of Fauci and help put an end to this thrust, especially since now that there may be a more transmissible variant on the port facial mask, the social distance, avoiding big crowds, do not go inside with people you do not go with (especially in the bars), practice good hygiene of the hand, vaccinate yourself when it is Available for you and protect your life and life of your life. others, do not visit any of these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.