Viral expert has just warned these new "hot spots" Covid
Michigan cases could also occur elsewhere in America, says Scott Gottlieb.
TheVaccines against coronavirusare here and with that the beginning of the end of the pandemicBut you may not know thatLooking at cases in a warm place like Michigan, where the state public health system is overwhelmed and the governor has requested that non-requested residents avoid dinners and school sports in person. To remedy this and other hotspots in America, Scott Gottlieb, former FDA Commissioner and board member of Pfizer and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from Michigan appeared onFace the nationthis morning. Read on the 6 big dishes take away onCOVID hot spots - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSigns that your illness is actually coronavirus in disguise.
Michigan's cases are dangerously because of "a number of things"
"What drives the tip and infections of your state?" The Margaret Brennan host asked the Whitmer government. "Well, a number of things, Margaret," she replied. "Number One, We have kept our low gap for a long time. So we have reservoirs of people who do not have antibodies. We have variants, a great presence of variants here in the Michigan that are easier to Catching and people are tired and they move more. "These are" the combination of things that contribute to what we consider as a large amount of community spread in Michigan right now ". Continue reading to see what other hotspots could occur.
The Virus expert said that other hotspots could appear - and we need to target them
Gottlieb feels "We have to think about putting these resources" - like more vaccines and more people for administering "in hotspots", like Michigan. "It was a kind ofHunger games for vaccines among states. We must think differently from this pandemic. If you look at the planning of past pandemics, the flu planning we have done in the past, even biocarror planning does not always contemplate the search for resources in hot spots. He never received that there was a confluenced national epidemic, but there were localized epidemics that would probably probably probably have what we will see in the future. We must be used to trying to look for resources in these hotspots, put these fires and spread. It's not just Michigan right now at the same time, Great Lakes region. "
The virus expert stated that young people have started, which can represent a turning point
Cases in Michigan are "primarily starting to go down, they can reach a turning point. Many cases are in younger people, people who have not been eligible for vaccination. If you look at approximately 15% d 'increase of cases for those under the age of 18, an increase of 50% of people aged 20 to 29 to 30% for people aged 30 to 39 years. So they occur in groups that have have not been vaccinated. "
GOV. Whitmer said she would like the federal government to send it more doses of vaccine
"We see a push in Michigan, despite the fact that we have some of the strongest policies of mask mandates, capacity boundaries and home," Whitmer said. "We asked our condition during a two-week break. So, despite everything, we see an increase on the part of these variants. And that's exactly why we really encourage them to think about vaccines against vaccines under the state of Michigan. "She rented the White House for her consistency, but says an" adjustment "should be done.
The Virus Expert said you could keep the schools open - in the right conditions
Extra-school sports are blamed for the spread of the disease. Should not they be closed? "What we have seen consistently throughout this pandemic is that the risk and schools are corrected with risk and the community. So if you are in a community that has a relatively low prevalence and that C Are many parts of the country right now, things are starting to look better in many parts of the country. The risk in schools is lower, "said Gottlieb." If you are in a community that has a strong prevalence As the Detroit Metro region, the risk in schools is higher. "He recommended these schools take a" break ".
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