"Unexpected" places you will catch Covid
Do not let your guard in these situations, he warns.
ThePandemic of Covid-19Continue to rage out of control, with nearly 3000 deaths per day scheduled for January. As the outlook is dark, despite a Covid vaccine arriving every day (for those who get a high priority), taking COVID-19 prevention measures has never been more important. In a new virtual Q & A on the future of health care atMilken Institute with Norah O'Donnell CBS News,Dr. Anthony Fauci, A great specialist in infectious diseases of the nation, revealed where and how the virus is widespread unexpectedly. Continue reading to know how and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
You do not want to do these things, asked for "for trouble", "said Fauci
"The only thing we are all aware that there is certainly the fatigue Covid-19," Fauci admitted. "People are worn out to be arrested and can not do the things they would really appreciate doing, especially during the holiday season. But you must not close the whole country or close the economy. You can do some things that will allow you to keep children at school, keep shops and open shopping venues ".
However, he added that "you do not want to do things that require trouble. »
"These are things we know so well, gathered them in crowded places without masks such as in the bars and parts that are inside without good ventilation, it's the things that animate it", at- He continued.
However, the main method of propagating the virus does not come from foreign abroad.
"Moreover, what we see now, which was a little unexpected, but true is that the rallies of size, even modest, family and friends in a house with obviously the constraints inside not to get good ventilation,We begin to see infections that are re-emergencies of what otherwise seemed like benign parameters, namely, a typical gathering of 10 or so that people in a social context, "He revealed. "I must be very careful about it now in the coming weeks."
That's why, for the first time for over 30 years, Fauci will not spend the Christmas holidays with his three daughters.
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Later in the interview, Fauci revealedThat current projection models are based on the hypothesis that people will travel and spend time with family and friends outside their home. However, "we must not accept" and "can change the hypotheses that are put in the model. »
"We can do things like, although it is painful, little practical and sad, we can double on blunt part of this by avoiding some of the things that, as warm and pleasant because they are during the holiday season , to do much less than by trying to keep the gatherings of people in the immediate household, "he said.
If you have other people inviting yourself in your home, "be very careful," he warned. "Let's hope that they have been tested, so that you know that very recently, he proved negative, or they have their own bubble where they are very, very careful in themselves protect yourself so that when you get together is much less than a risk that someone who gets only from an airport or a train station, gets in a Uber, but comes to your home, is downstairs. And then you have a social context. You do not know who they have been exposed. These are the things you avoid. "
So you have to avoid these, and to protect your life and the lives of others, and not to visit one of these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.