"We are very worried about this variant of COVID, health expert says
It seems to be resistant to vaccines.
COVID Variants propagate around the world threaten to extend the pandemic and require a global response, "said Dr. Michael Osterholm epidemiologist, director of the Center at the University of Minnesota for research and infectious policy of the disease, Sunday .
During an interview onNBC responds to the pressHost Chuck Todd asked osterholm from the severity of a coronavirus mutation called E484K, nicknamed "EEK", which was found in patients hospitalized in Japan and is known to avoid the protection of the protection of the protection of thevaccines. Read on and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSigns that your illness is actually coronavirus in disguise.
Global strategy to combat the necessary variants
"I am concerned about all variants," osterholm said. "Before November, we did not really understand that this virus would turn like that, and that in terms of mutations, it can do one of the three things. One, it can be much more infectious. Two years he can cause more serious illnesses. or three, in some cases, it can actually escape the immune protection of the vaccine or have already been infected. If you are talking about this particular variant, it is the one that avoids the protection of the vaccine or Natural infection. Not totally, but it surely compromises. We are very worried about it. "
Osterholm added that he was "even more worried about what descends the pike over the next few years" because of the unequal distribution of the vaccine around the world. "Ten countries received about 80% of the vaccine," he said. "Thirty countries have not even seen it. If we continue to see this virus spread in low- and middle-income countries, unhindered, they will spitting variants over the next few years than in each and every instance could challenge our vaccines.
"That's why we need not only an American response, but we need a global response to get as many people in low- and vaccinated income countries," he said. "So we do not risk the ability of our own vaccines here. Now it concerns the safety of vaccines."
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Covid always "Hurricane category 5" in the United States.
As for the moment, the United States is in "just at the beginning" of a fourth wave of viruses, osterholm said. "At that time, we are really in a Category 5 hurricane state with regard to the rest of the world," he said. "We will see in the next two weeks, the highest number of cases reported worldwide since the end of the pandemic."
Over the past year, overvoltages in the high Midwest and the Northeast have been followed by an increase in cases in the south belt and the sun. In recent weeks, hot spots appeared in the northeast, Michigan and Minnesota. "We are just at the beginning of this thrust. We did not even really start seeing it yet," osterholm said. "I think it was a waking call to everyone yesterday, when Michigan reported 8,400 new cases. And we now see a growing number of serious illnesses and Hospitalization of the ICU in the elderly. 30 to 50 years who have not been vaccinated. "
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How to survive this pandemic
As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent you from installing and spread-Covid-19 in the first place:Carry a face maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.
