White House Doctor issues a new warning on COVID-19
Deborah Birx says that some states "walked on the gas" too hard during reopening.
While the confusion was confused about whether or not you should wear a face mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and that Donald Trump has made derisive comments about them, those around the president become increasingly vocal about the importance of face masks. Vice Chairman Mike Pence, chairman of the working group of coronavirus, said "wear a mask is a good idea" and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious infectious expert of the campaign, often dived for them, saying "the lack of wearing a mask that increases the risk of transmissibility. I have no doubt about it. "Now their workgroup colleague, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the intervention of the coronavirus of the White House, is in line with solid advice for those hot areas.
"100%" should do it
Birx spoke Tuesday at an event online Tuesday organized by the Atlantic Council. His comments came as Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida saw an alarming spike in cases.
"100% of the US population in these hot areas, in the red areas of the country, should wear masks all the time and social distancing," Birx said. "I wear a mask in all circumstances, no matter where I am.I am part of the White House and I support the message of each place taking care of Americans, wearing masks, social distancing. "
She thanked the leaders like Governor Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, for example, issued a warrant for everything in his State to wear masks when social distancing is impossible, and Governor Mike DeWine, also a Republican , who has just published a mandate Order of masks in seven counties in Ohio.
"I want to really applaud the governors who have taken decisive steps to actually mandate masks, increase social distancing, near bars," said Birx in an interview with Bloomberg Radio, also on Tuesday. "We can do a lot as individual Americans, but we can do much at national and local level and to support this federal response and alter the course of this pandemic."
"We can move it until we have a vaccine, if we all do our part," added Birx.
Young Americans in trouble
Given the increase in cases nationwide, Fauci, director of NIAID, said that the status of the pandemic is "really not good". "Well, I think we are well in place," said President Trumpfull press court. "I do not agree with him." (He added that "Fauci told not to wear masks, and now he says to wear them." The video clip Fauci said so "is old and Fauci simply echoed what many others argued at the time, including the United States. Surgeon General, the World health Organization (WHO) and the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), "ReportsSnopes.)
In addition to the virtues of face masks, Birx expressed his concern for young people because Covid-19 spreads so rapidly in millennia. "There are also young Americans in the hospital right now, suffering from very serious diseases," she said.
Birx has also appeared on theWharton Business Dailypodcast on Tuesday to discuss réopinures and says "that if the states in the northeast are experiencing a" slight increase ", their situations are much more controlled now that the southern states, who opened a lot shorter," thehill. "The South, which has not been a major epidemic across the period March-April, I think I came to this opening differently from the Northeast or the Midwest who owned experience with the epidemic, "said Birx.
"Many individuals and many companies, instead of driving 25 in a time zone 25 meters, stepped on the gas and started going 65 years, and it's really obvious now in the spread of cases in most age groups, "she added.
America must be a healthier nation
Rounded its busy day, Birx also stated that experts were surprised by the impact of high-income and high-income viruses ", reports theAp. "She says that public health experts have never thought that 80% of cases and probably 90% of deaths would be presented in high-income and high-income countries and adds that the impact of COVID-19 to States -Unis was aggravated by the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and obesity, stressing that America is necessary to become a healthier nation. "
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