There are "warning signs" of the upcoming COVID surge, explains the chief of the CDC
Dr. Rochelle Walensky is concerned about a number of potential complications that can lead to a covid thrust.
After a roller coaster of a year with theCOVID-19 [Femininepandemic, things seem to turn around more and more Americans align to getvaccinated. However, it's not yet time to drop your guard, warns Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of Disease Control Centers and Prevention. During the meeting of the White House Covid-19 Response Team, Dr. Walnesky urged the country not to avoid certain warning signs that may report a potential rise in cases in the near future. Read to hear what they are and what they could mean - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
The good news? Cases are on the decline
Dr. Walensky started to demonstrate how things have improved. "The most recent CDC data cases continued to fluctuate between 50,000 and 60,000 per day with the most recent seven-day average, approximately 52,500 cases per day. The most recent seven-day average of the hospital admissions also decreased to just over 4,700 per day. We are also continuing to seek decreasing deaths with the last day of seven days, just over 1,200 deaths a day, "she said.
The bad? We have not finished yet
While "we have traveled a long way from which we were early January," said Walensky that "we still have a lot of work to do" - precisely because there are warning signs that things could turn around.
"In some parts of the country, time began to warm up and clocks changed this weekend, our days may seem a little more sun. And with the hot weather, I know it's tempting to want to relax And to leave our guard, especially after a hard winter that has unfortunately seen the highest level of case and death during the pandemic so far, "she said.
There were trips recorded last week
She also added that more people have been traveling now since the beginning of the pandemic. "This last Friday, we saw more travelers cross our airports --ver 1.3 million. This is most travelers we had in one day since last March, before the WHO who declared the pandemic World, "she said.
In addition, people drop their guard
And even worse, "we saw images of people enjoying the holiday festivals without mask," she continued. "All this is in the context of 50,000 cases still a day.
And the variants become dominant
What is "also concerning" by Dr. Walensky, are the resurgences we now see in some European countries, "countries that have had surprisingly similar trends in overvoltages during the pandemic than the United States, each of these countries Had naders like we now and everyone took a trend up after the known attenuation strategies ignored, they simply took their eye on the ball, "she said.
These are all signs of warning
Dr. Walensky is "advocacy" with the Americans "for the health good of our country," she said. "These should be warning signs for all of us. The cases have climbed last spring, they mounted again in the summer. They will now up, if we stop taking precautions."
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Do your part
"Please follow our recommended public health prevention precautions and be prepared to get your vaccine when available for you," she prayed. "We are just starting to turn the corner. The data move in the right direction, but where it will depend on whether we all do what needs to be done to protect yourself and others." So get vaccinated when it becomes at your disposal and protecting your life and the lives of others, do not visit any of these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.