Dr. Fauci has just published this serious warning about the variant of India
The great illecial infectious expert is concerned about the very contagious mutation.
As the Americans continued to watchCOVID-19 case numbers Drop nationally for weeks, many finally feel encouraged to ensure that the true end of the pandemic is in sight. Now, like local officials can safely remove public health measures in many areas, people are starting back to normal life for the first time for over a year. But despite the major progress that has been made,Anthony Fauci, MD, Chief Councilor House White House Covid, has published a warning that theVariant India very contagious Gains field in the United States and could pose a serious problem in the coming weeks.
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During a press briefing held by the WHITE COVID-19 working group of June 8, Fauci reported that six percent of the cases sequenced in the United States are now caused by theB.1.617 Variant, which was discovered for the first time in India and is also known asThe Delta variant. He explained that the mutation is "essentially pinging" the U.K. With the transmissibility that "seems to be greater" than variant B.11.7 which was previously responsible for devastating epidemics.
"We can not let that happen in the United States," warned with falci. He also noted thatThe variant of India seemed to be "associated with increased severity of the disease" relative to the original wild type of the dominant virus at the beginning of the pandemic.
Fauci also described the data of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) who had found the vaccine against Pfizer88% effective Against the symptomatic disease caused by the variant two weeks after the administration of the second dose. However, the vaccine offers only 33% protection after a single dose.
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He urged someone who had not returned for theirsecond shot do this. "And for those who have not been vaccinated yet, please be vaccinated. It's the month of national action," he added.
In a tweet later the same day, presidentJoe Biden Warning of Fauci echo about theThe propagation of the variant And how it mainly affects the young population aged 12 to 20 in the United Kingdom "if you are young and you have not tauté yet, it's time. This is the best way to protect yourself and those you love, "He wrote.
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