Infectious Disease Doctor warns day "darkest" to come
"The six to 12 to 12 coming weeks will be the darkest of the whole pandemic," he warned.
Despite roses pronouncements in some corners that "we are turning a corner" in the battle against coronaviruses, many scientists have used the weekend to warn Americans with cold hard facts: things are about to get worse, with low rising, increased hospitalizations and thus possibly more deaths. Read on the key to take away and not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
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Dr. Michael Osterholm, American epidemiologist, professor of regents and Director of Infectious Research Center Research and Policy of the disease at the University of Minnesota, continuedMeet the pressWith host Chuck Todd to contest the fact that we are close to the end of the pandemic. "We're not really telling the whole story," he said. "We have vaccines and therapeutic down the pike.But when you actually look at the time for this, six to 12 to 12 coming weeks will be the darkest of the entire pandemic. The vaccines will not become available significantly before the third third quarter of next year. And even then, half of the US population, at this stage, is skeptical of even taking the vaccine. So what we have right now is a major problem in the mail. You know, people do not know what to believe. And this is one of our major challenges in the future is that we must get the message to the public that reflects the science and reflect reality. "
He pointed to raise case as evidence of a communication problem.
"Right now, what we're about to enter, Chuck. - when I was on this show last September 13, we had 33,000 cases reported that day You may remember that I have warned that we would see a very dark fall. Friday we were 70 000 cases, corresponding to as many as we had seen the really serious summit in July, "he said." This number, we will blow through it. And between now and the holidays, we will see much larger numbers even 67 000 to 75 000 cases. Nobody has a good story about what to do out there. And what I mean by a story, it's more than science. This brings people together to understand, why are we doing this? This is an FDRCat Fire approach. And we just do not do that. "
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Azar has a similar message - with more optimism
On the same show, Alex Azar, Canadian Secretary of the United States, seemedwarning Americans about the overvoltageAnd how to stop it.
Todd asked: "Who leads discussions on public health policy on the federal level," calling it "confusing now" and Azar replied "President", but called himself her emissary with a message we should all consider: "what matters now is the message we are trying to get through, which is:. cases are increasing cases increase and we see that this happens because we get the colder weather and we lose this natural social distancing that happens to be out of doors. and people get tired. the American people have given so much. We see the mitigation tired right now. "
"Please," Azar Suite ", my message to the American people, please do these three w. Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings when you can not watch your distance. Stay out of your settings where you can "t do these things really And, please, Chuck, tell your viewers. be aware of these inner domestic gatherings This is not because you are related to someone. one or friends with someone does not mean you can not pass or be passed. "So do you practice these fundamentals, protect your life and the lives of others and do not visit these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.