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CoronavirusThe cases are rising and confusion is confusion. People vaccinated are infected less ... but can always be infected. Unvaccinated people account for more than 90% of hospitalizations, but many are still hesitant. Concerned by the fact that it becomes out of control,Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Officer of the President and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, answers questions forBhekisisa andNewzroom AfrikaNew collaborative segmentHealth hub. Read 8 of the life saving tips - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Sure sign that you have "Long" Covid and may even know.

Mr. Fauci said, "There are no indications" that something worse than Delta arrives but "is quite possible. One of the reasons we continue to grow as many peoplevaccinated As quickly as possible, not only in our own country, but around the world that viruses do not combine unless they are allowed to reproduce and spread. If you prevent the virus from spreading, it will not be mutated and you will not get another variant. So, the best way to prevent the evolution of, again, another variant that could be more problematic than the one we deal with the best way to do so is to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. "

"I do not think people should make that hypothesis that we have to wear masks forever," said Fuci. "It's certainly not something I think is in the future for us. One of the most important things and the basis of the recommendation is that the delta virus that we process is a high degree of transmissibility. It is actually, well managed by the vaccines we are currently using the ultimate solution to all this is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. What the CDC has noticed is that in people vaccinated in Which there are revolutionary infections and an infection breakthrough means that you are vaccinated. But since vaccines are never 100% efficient, there will be a few people who will be infected, even if they are vaccinated. and We found with the delta variants, when you are infected., If you are vaccinated, you have the ability to transmit it to someone else. And because of this, the CU of the abundance of caution says that If you leave in an indoor public frame d A region of the United States, which has a high o R substantial transmission designs, you should wear a mask, not only to protect yourself so as not to be infected and that you inadvertently transmit it. For example, to someone in your home, a child or an elderly person, or someone who has an underlying immune deficiency that could make them more likely to a severe result. This is the reason for changing the CDC guidelines. We do not plan that it means that there is a mask to wear forever. We believe that once you are under control with vaccination, we will not need to do it at all. "

How to convince someone that vaccines work? "You must give them the data. And if they listen to the data, it will appear to them. There is some very convincing data on why we should be vaccinated in the United States and very likely in the world, but In the United States, 99.5% of all deaths from COVID-19 are among non-vaccinated people. And only 0.5% of deaths are among vaccinated people. So when you ask someone or that someone asks you, why should I be vaccinated? The most important reason to get vaccinated is not for not having to wear a mask. The most important reason to get vaccinated is to save your life, to prevent you from being infected and finally potentially ill and dies. It's the reason. It's the reason. To be vaccinated. And it is the argument that one must use when people say, why should I'm vaccinated? It's the death of 600,000 in the United States that we need to convince people why They should be vaccinated. "

"In the United States, we have reached a bit of a stone web here, we have about one hundred million people who are eligible to be vaccinated, who do not want to be vaccinated. There are several reasons. Sometimes the Reason is that accessibility and ease of becoming vaccinated. Some people are intrinsically against vaccines, but some people are on closing. And if you do it extremely easy for them to be vaccinated, you find that many people who who who Would not be incredible immediately. Vacation if you sensitize them and do it easily. So, what we did in the United States is that we have made vaccines available in more than 40,000 pharmacies across the country. We have mobile units in non-accessible geographical areas. We have trusted messengers in society, tending to people. "

"I think we need to pay attention if you have a canceled central government mandate that would not be well in the United States, if there was a mandate for everyone to be vaccinated, but you can do some very effective thing. And that is to say, to get some federal government agencies or at the state level, if you want to work in this particular ministry, you must be vaccinated. And it was successful Until now. I think what we see is, for example, the Mayor of New York said, you are either vaccinated, or you must be tested at least once a week. So people who may feel, I Do not want to pass through the disorder to be tested, can say, okay, I will be vaccinated. These are these types of incentives that I think succeed in getting more people vaccinated over the next few months at one year . "

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Mr. Fauci said that the evidence of vaccination - "I think in some countries that will work, I mean, there is a lot of resistance to vaccine passports as a national question in the United States, but we have a Functional version of what anyway, because I'm going to imagine that once vaccines get a complete approval from the FDA, many organizations will feel fairly comfortable with saying, unless you can prove to me that You are vaccinated, you can not come to this university. You can not come to this college or you can not work at this particular establishment. This would be the functional equivalent of a vaccinal passport, but that will not come centrally from the federal government. "

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"The immunity of the herd is a concept that is certainly feasible, which means that you get enough vaccinated people who have been infected and left to a sustainable immunity," said Dr. Faisci. "So, as a concept, you can reach that. I know in a way, you can get there, it's really easily vaccinated. And then you really have a good flock immunity. You probably do not go to get a hundred and one hundred for One hundred people vaccinated, but I think if you get a vast majority, as well as people who have already been infected and are protected, to a certain extent, join you. What we do not know now, it's What is called the threshold of the immunity of the flock. We know what this number is. Is it 70, 80, 85, 90? We do not know. So, when you do not know, the best thing to Doing is getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as you can possibly. "

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Will things come back to normal? "I think it will be," said Fuci, "but it's in our hands to make sure that it's done. And we must act, we have to vaccinate people. We must produce a lot more vaccines and we have to To make sure that they become equitably distributed. If we do it, we will come back to normal, but I hope that normal will be better normal that we started with ... be prepared for the next epidemic. "So be vaccinated and protect your life and the lives of others, do not visit these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.