Dr. Faisci warns that the "worst is yet to come"
"As we go in the coming weeks, it could make it worse," he says.
California hospitals are full to overflow. States in the South-, including epicnets Onetime Florida and Texas - see increasing cases. We had more dead than on September 11 for several days right away. Sometimes it seems thatCOVID-19 [Feminine The pandemic can not be worse.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the best infectious infectious expert of the nation and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talked about CNNState of the UnionThis morning to say, well, it can get worse. And it's okay. Read to hear (and hold) his warning - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Dr. Faisci agrees that the worst is yet to come
"I want to ask questions about something that President Elu Biden said this week," said Anchor Dana Bash. "He said that the darkest days of the battle against Covid are before us. Dr. Fauci, as you know, more than one hundred thousand of our compatriots spent their hospitalized holidays with Covid-19 and that we are on average With nearly 200,000 new cases less than 2,000 deaths each day. Do you agree that the worst is yet to come? "
"I'm doing," said Fauci "and the reason I'm concerned - and my colleagues from public health are also concerned - is that we could very well see a post-season - in the sense of Christmas, the overvoltage of the new year. And as I described it like that "overvoltage on a surge", because if you look at the slope, the inclination of the cases we have lived as we went at the end of autumn and that We must soon be early winter, it is really quite troubling. You mentioned the numbers yourself resolutely correctly when you are dealing with a baseline of 200,000 cases, new cases a day, and about 2,000 deaths. Per day with hospitalizations have more than 120,000 people. We are really very critical. Point. "
"If you put more pressure on the system," he pursued, "by what could be a post-seasonal thrust because of the travel and probable collection of people to the right reasons to be together for the Holiday .... It's very difficult for people to do not. And yet, even if we have advised not, it will happen. So, I share the concern of the president-elected in biden than, As we enter in the coming weeks, it could make it worse. "
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There is a "danger" of another overvoltage
Fauci has been returned again on the chances of another push. "There is no guarantee that this will happen," he said, "but there is certainly a danger of that. When traveling, you see photos on the TV screens, then people in The airports, cluttered in lines, trying to remain physically separated, but it is so difficult to do it. And this is usually followed [by a surge]. When people arrive at the destination, they want to be - you will have a Mix of household people during a dinner or a social function. These are the things that occur naturally. And as far as we do not advise against it, it happens nevertheless. And that's one of the reasons for which we are concerned about a real risk situation for the spread of infection. "
Fauci had previously warned these family gatherings would lead to propagation, as well as disease control and prevention centers (CDC). "Celebrate practically or with members of your own household (who are taking steps constantly to reduce the spread of COVID-19) poses the lowest risk of propagation," he said. "Your household is anyone who lives and currently shares common spaces in your home (such as your home or apartment). This may include family members, as well as roommates or people not related to you. The People who do not currently live in your home unit, such as students who come home from the school for the holidays, should be considered as part of different households. The gatherings in person bringing together family members Or friends from different households, including students who come home, pose variable levels. of risk. "
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How to cross this living pandemic and well
As for yourself, follow the fundamentals of Fauci and help put an end to this thrust, no matter where you live-wear a facial 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 these 35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.