Expert virus warns that you are in danger in these states
The new variant could cause another spray of COVID.
As the country is in centimea for the purpose of President Joe Biden's immunization, some countries in the country are more protected than others with potentialCOVID-19 [Feminine recurrence. During an interview with CBS News'Face the nation, SCOTT Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner and author of the next book,Spread uncontrolled: why Covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic, revealed which states are in the danger of a future epidemic. Read to find out if vaccination rates are the lowest and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Sure sign that you have "Long" Covid and may even know.
The Delta variant is "40 to 60%" more transmissible
The Delta variant is "probably 40 to 60% more efficient, more contagious than variant 1.1.7, this variant that has become widespread in the United States and caused this increase at the end of spring," according to Gottlieb. "This does not necessarily appear more pathogen, which means more dangerous, but it more easily infects people and it begins to become widespread in the United Kingdom in unvaccinated communities. So children, for example, young people seem to be to be the population that is broadcasting in the United Kingdom. "
Vaccination rates vary throughout the country
GottLieB emphasized that some states are more protected than others in terms of variant.
"Some states like Vermont or Connecticut have very highvaccination Rates greater than 80%. Other states have difficulty reaching 50%, "he explained.
Modeling predicts another epidemic, unless ...
Unless the vaccination rate increases, Gottlieb reveals that another epidemic is entirely possible. "When you examine the modeling that currently circulates among the epidemiologists on what we face in the fall, they predict that in a scenario where we will only have 75% of the eligible population vaccinated and has a variant of 60 % more communicable, what this new Delta variant can be 60% more transmitted than 1.1.7, they show an increase in infection and reaching a peak of about 20% of the infection we have reached the winter Last, "he said." So, about 20% of the peak in January, we will hit the fall at some point. I think it's probably an aggressive estimate. I do not think it will be absolutely so desire. "
These states will be more dangerous than others
He continued to explain that "when you look at these estimates, you see that it varies considerably between states" and states with lower vaccination rates will be more dangerous. "Then Connecticut, for example, where I am, shows no rise in infection, but the Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri show very important increases in infections. It is entirely based on the amount of Great immunity population that you have based on vaccination, "he says.
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