Dr. Fauci has just published this Urgent Covid-19 warning
The virus changes and "we must be prepared" for "difficult period", says the infectious expert of the disease.
As many Americans as possible should be vaccinated againstCOVID-19 [FeminineAnd the emerging variants of the virus are seriously worrying, notedDr. Anthony Fauci, the first infectious infectious expert of the nation, Thursday."I think it could potentially get worse," said Fauci about the American coronavirus pandemic on MSNBCJoe of the morning. "We are definitely seeing a tray in business ... It's good news, but superimposed on good news is the news of the good news that we still have a lot of cases and we always have a very serious problem Here. And the thing that is annoying now that we really have to keep our attention, are these variants. "Read it for more than its warnings - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
New variants are more communicable, warn
According to disease control and prevention centersCVIV-19 cases have been reported in the United States since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 427,000 people died. TheAverage of seven-day moving casesRegularly decreased since mid-January, but the number of daily deaths has always been more than 3,000.
Although the deployment has been slow and well below the projections,More than 21 million peopleAt least one dose of a CVIV-19 vaccine has been at least two options become available last month.
At the same time, several variants of the Covid-19 - original virus from places such as the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil - have begun to make percussion in the United States. It is believed that the variants are more communicable than the original COVID-19 strain. Some may be more murderer. All may be less sensitive to the two currently approved vaccines, although the experts do not know to what extent.
"We need to be prepared for" Difficult time
"Fortunately, the vaccine we distribute now, both in the test tube - when you look at the antibodies it encourages - looks a lot like the one that could contain" the British variant of the virus, said Fauci. This mutation has been identified in at least 26 states.
"The one who preoccupies better, and it could really be problematic, the mutation is now dominant in South Africa," he continued. "Because if you look at things like monoclonal antibodies, or even the vaccine itself, the impact of these antibodies or the vaccine is significantly diminished in the test tube. Now, does it reflect a Decreasing efficiency? Very well could be, which triggers what we are doing right now.
"A) We want many people to be vaccinated because we can possibly, as quickly as possible, because the more you are vaccinated, you give less chance to the virus to evolve in a mutant form that you would have more problems. With, "Fauci added. "And the other thing we do, that I think is as important is that we are already ... Making a modified version of the vaccine that could finally be specifically directed against the South African isolate, which is the More important problematic of them all. So, on the one hand, things look a little better on the plateau, but on the other hand, we can have difficult moments that we have to be prepared. "
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