The head of the CDC says when you could finally relax about Covid
The pandemic is not over yet.
A few months invaccination efforts, millions of Americans now have immunity againstCOVID-19 [Feminine and infections, hospitalizations and deaths attributed to the virus continue to fall. However, at the time of the White House's Covid-19 Response Team on Wednesday Rochelle Walensky, Director of Disease and Prevention Centers (CDC), warns that there is a "wild card" which could affect the effectiveness of the vaccine. Read it to find out what it is-and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSign that you had Covid and you did not know it.
The good news first: the cases fall
Dr. Walensky started going on the latest statistics. As of May 4, the CDC reported just over 32,000 new CVIV-19 cases, with a new seven-day average of about 48,000 cases a day. "This represents another decrease of about 12% of the average of the seven previous days. And every day with daily cases, continuing to fall, we hope that these really encouraging trends," she added. The seven-day average of the hospital admissions is just over 3,900, "a positive sign with another decrease of back to the back of nearly 10% of the seven-day period". Deaths also decreased to a new stock of 400 per day.
Dr. Walensky addressed "When will he be finished"
"Something I am often asked is when will this pandemic be finished? And when can we come back to normal? The reality? It all depends on the actions we take," continued to introduce a newly published article in the morbidity and mortality of the CDC. Weekly report that provides ideas using data and evidence to various scenarios of what will happen with cases, hospitalizations and deaths and how it depends on the number of people vaccinated and to determine whether people continue to follow prevention measures.
"The team examined four scenarios with different hypotheses on vaccination coverage combined with other strategies to prevent the propagation of CVIV-19 such as physical distancing, masking isolation and quarantine", a- she explained. "The models planned very good news and an important reminder. In good news, the models projected a sharp drop in cases by July, 2021 and an even faster decline. If more people are vaccinated earlier, The results remind us that we have the way out of this and models once the projection really projected news, now offer reasons to be very hope that the summer can bring.
In addition, "the models give us an important reminder," she continued. "They plan that local conditions and emerging variants put many states at risk of increasing CVIV-19 cases, especially if we do not increase the vaccination rate and if we do not keep our mitigation strategies In place before we have a criticism of the mass of people vaccinated. More specifically, we must continue to vaccinate people, but we must all continue to practice certain prevention interventions to help us achieve the good predicted results. "
Dr. Walensky warned this wild card
And despite "seeing progress in terms of decreasing cases, hospitalizations and deaths," she said "a wild card" that could actually "reverse that progress we have done and could give us reassuring. "What is it?" As Dr. Fuci said, said Friday, we find that our current vaccines protect against the predominant circulating in the country. Just put earlier that we get more and more people vaccinated, faster we will all come back to normal. "
"We are not yet out of the wood, but we could be very close. We are all entirely vaccinated and continue our prevention efforts can help us turn the corner of the pandemic as of July and we fix in front on a way to a More normal way of life, "she continued.
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Dr. Walensky said when we were out of the wood
When are we going out of the woods? It depends on vaccination rates and the decline rate. It will be the intersection of these two that we really examine. When we see this intersection of high vaccination rates, low-case rates, we will look forward to freeing additional guidance on the release of the restrictions we currently have in place, "she explained.
It also added that the purpose of biden to obtain 70% of the vaccinated country would not be effective unless 70% of those of the "given community" are. "This virus will be an opportunist and we will have epidemics in these singular communities. So, not only 70% through the nation, but it is 70% of each of these individual communities," she clarified.
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