CDC says now that you are most likely to catch Covid here

"One of the main engines of transmission ... is home gatherings," said Redfield.


Small gatherings at home lead the nationCOVID-19 [FeminineSurge, said CDC director, Dr. Robert Redfield on Wednesday, and he urged all Americans to follow public health guidelines and wear vigilant face masks.In the initial coronavirus waves earlier this year, public health officials determined that large gatherings were the main threat of transmission. It has changed as winter approaches. "One of the main engines of transmission is not the public place. It's actually the gatherings of the house, where people drop their guard," said Redfield. "You bring family members and they do not realize that the major presentation of this virus for individuals, say, under 40 years old, it's totally asymptomatic - you do not know that you are infected . " Read on its complete warning and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.

The number of deaths can reach 450,000 by February - unless we do it

This type of asymptomatic transmission among families results in an increase in business increases, said Redfield, adding that communities often do not recognize overvoltage as long as the virus is not contracted by more vulnerable people, such as the elderly. These people tend to develop symptoms; Some must be hospitalized.

To avoid this, REDFIELD urged all Americans to wear face masks, claiming that they effectively reduce the transmission of the virus. He cited a Kansas study that found that counties with mask mandates recorded a six percent drop in CVIV-19 cases, while counties requiring facial masks had a 100% increase.

"It's not a political decision," he said. "This is a public health tool, a very powerful public health tool, very simple, but very powerful."

REDFIELD noted that deaths increased nationally and that in February, the number of pandemic deaths can reach 450,000. But it is not an accomplished fact, "he added, if Americans universally adopt public health recommendations such as social distance, avoiding crowds and mask.

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All Americans need "really vigilant"

"We are not defenseless. The truth is attenuation works," said Redfield. "If we kiss it. The challenge with this virus is, it will not work if half of us do what we need to do. This will not even work if three-quarters of us do what We must do. This virus I will really ask all of us really being vigilant to wear a mask and unfortunately not only when we are in the public square. "

As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent you from installing and spread-Covid-19 in the first place:Carry a face maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.


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