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Anthony S. Fauci, MD, led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly 35 years, but there is a good chance that you heard more than it this week than any other time. This is because he tries to advise the Americans how to survive - and stop - the propagation of coronavirus. In an interview withMedscape'S Eric J. Topol, MD and Abraham Varghese, MD, he revealed the scary thing about Covid-19 and how we can all go through. Here are some important extracts.

On why Covid-19 is different from everything he has ever seen

"It's very unique. I think it's one of the things that basically transcends all the other aspects of how you approach the virus, as it can be really confusing. One of the problems we encounter is With some segments of our population, namely Young Young people do not take it as seriously that they should, for understandable reasons. I have treated viruses for 40 years of HIV in Ebola in Zika in Chikungunya to all the others. But I have never seen a pathogen and in this case, a virus, with such an incredible spectrum of the severity of the disease, from 20% to 40% of the infected people without symptoms, leaningly leaningly leaning towards younger people. But then you have people who are slightly sick, pretty sick stay at home for a few weeks or to the point where it brings them to your knees and have positional syndromes, some that require hospitalisati . Some require intensive care, intubation, ventilation and dies. Generally a virus that is good enough to kill you would do almost everyone at least a little sick. We are dealing with a serious virus here. "

Why this virus is so delicate

"You have 20% to 40% of people who do not get any symptoms. And yet vulnerable people, the elderly and people with underlying conditions, may require hospitalization, intensive care and some they even die. So it's hard to get a coherent message we need to stop this virus; it's a pandemic and it kills people.

At present, in the southern states that are passed, the average age is 15 years younger than we saw in the northeastern and in the New York metropolitan area at the beginning of the year . So it's difficult when people say, "Why should I worry about being infected? Chances are that I will not get sick. We must make them believe that they are part of the spread of a pandemic, even if they go well. And propagating the pandemic, they prevent us from returning to normal and reopening. The virus itself is really very delicate. "

On long-term symptoms

"You do not want to scare people and alarm them, but they should really know that we do not know what the long-term consequences, even when it looks like a routine infection. We'd better be careful. Even after you erase the virus, there are posteral symptoms. I know, because I'm on the phone a lot of people who call me and talk about their career. And it's extraordinary how many people have a post syndrome Ecaille which is very surprisingly similar to that of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome. They simply do not come back to normal energy or a normal feeling of good health. "

On people not wearing masks

"We have such a return on people who do not want to wear a mask. I do not know if it has to do with the American spirit, which serves us in many ways, which serves us - this independent reader who brought our ancestors, leaving the country that they came from. I do not know what it is, but it's a return on authority. And what I think it is related to the authority, but it's a bit bound to the disturbing anti-science trend that we have in this country, as you tell me it's scientifically healthy to do that. Well, I do not want to do it because I Want to do my mind and not listen to authority. "I can understand that this has some attraction, independence. But, boy, when you are in the middle of an epidemic, it makes such destructive damage. It's time to let it go and join the club and wear a mask. Be a carpenter as opposed to an independent entity. "

On his message of hope - for doctors and all of us

"Two things. One, I'm just trying to express how much I admire how much I admire the real heroes on the front line line to get there every day and putting essentially at risk. I work at From a different point of view where I am, but I almost take the days of being in the trenches with you. So it's the first thing.

The second thing is that you know, it's so stressful for all of us. I think we have to remember that we will go through that. It's not something that will be forever. We will go through that. It's going to be over. And we will look back and hope to say that we really gave our best shot. And it's going to be over two points of view: it will have gone from a point of view of public health if we embarrass it, from public health.

But I think science and good biomedical research will also come to the rescue because we are going to have a vaccine, hope so much rather than later, and we will be effective therapeutics. So, for people on the front lines and in the trenches, hang on us. We are all together and we will go through that. So it's my message to them. "

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