"We are in a new pandemic," warns the virus
A more infectious variant disrupted the fight against Covid, an epidemiologist noted said.
The US U.S. is in the fourth wave of theCOVID-19 [FemininePandemic, conducted by variant B.1.1.7, and it could be a "play changer", "said the epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the center of the University of Minnesota for the research and the infectious policy of Disease Sunday."I think, in some ways, we are almost in a new pandemic," Osterholm said in an interview withFox News Sunday.Read on and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSigns that your illness is actually coronavirus in disguise.
"A different image"
"This is a virus that is now 50 to 100% more transmissible or infectious than previous viruses. This is a virus that causes a disease of 50 to 60% more serious serious, and so that at once n ' was not so much problem - for example, in cases in the young adult - become very serious cases. It's really a fourth wave, you could call it, with a somewhat different picture of the one we saw in The waves of the past of the pandemic, "warned Osterholm.
"The only good news about it," he noted "is that the currentvaccine are effective against this particular variant. "
The rise in the new variant is in contradiction with reopiner and relaxed restrictions throughout the country. As for answering, Osterholm stated that closures and locks may be needed. "There is no country in the world at the moment that has seen a sharp increase in this B.1.1.7 that does not hang," he said. "We are with the exception. The final message of all these countries is that we could not control this virus as long as we have not been locked up."
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"This virus is a game changer"
"I understand absolute resistance in this country for even considering that," added Osterholm. "It was a bit like trying to drink barbed wire. But the final message is the virus going to do what it will do, and we will have to answer in one way or another - if we accepted If we have large epidemics in our communities, we are willing to withdraw some of the restrictions that we relaxes. Let's reconsider schools and the transmission of school as a new factor we did not have before?
"No one was wrong to try to reopened schools. We now have new data that say that this virus is a game changer. So, I think we will all look carefully what to do."
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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.
