Dr. Fauci says that's why be very careful now
Even ifcoronavirusThe cases fall, there is a concern, the British variant of the virus, already considered more communicable, has been found by the British experts to be more murderer. "The overall image is one of something as an increase of 40 to 60% of the risk of hospitalization and the risk of death," said Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist, said in an interview Saturday, according to theNew York Times.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Councilor of the President and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "saidpaperFriday night that's why it's only "cautiously optimistic" that the worst is over. Read more about how you can avoid the deadly variant - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci says we're going in the right direction, but we could have a "peak in infections"
"The thing I have some optimism about - but I should relieve that it is a cautious optimism - even if the cases are high compared to that time last year, they are on The slope at the bottom, "he said. "And as every day passes, it looks like it becomes less and less. If you look a month ago about 300,000 to 400,000 cases a day. Now, for the last few consecutive days, we had less than 100,000 case, which is remarkably diminished. "
"As the slopes continue to go down, we go in the right direction," continued withden. "Superimize that we now have very effective vaccines that are deployed. We are vaccies more and more people every day. And we will have more and more vaccines available like weeks and months pass. So as if we We are heading in the right direction. It remains or not in this direction will depend on a lot of things: people will continue to pay attention and implement public health measures? What's going Doing out with the variants? Will they make things more difficult with an extra peak in infections? I do not know. "
"The big wild card in these are really variants," he continued. "Because the variant in the United Kingdom that will probably become more dominant in the United States, the models tell us that this will probably happen by the end of March. If we do not respect public health measures, The way we should, it could take off on us. That's why I'm saying I'm cautiously optimistic because we could go back and go to the opposite direction quickly enough. "
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How to stay safe during this pandemic
As for any event, "If you are going to do it inside, you must have the ability significantly less than if you do it from the outside. The outside is a large safety valve within the meaning of transmitting the transmission of Respiratory diseases. In the open air is always better than indoor. "
So follow the fundamentals of Fauci and help put an end to this thrust, no matter where you live-wear afacial mask, the social distance, avoiding big crowds, do not go inside with people you do not go with (especially in the bars), practice good hygiene of the hand, vaccinate yourself when it is Available for you and protect your life and life of your life. others, do not visit any of these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.