The general surgeon says you have to do these 2 things now to end the pandemic
The senior health official has just highlighted the last remaining challenges to beat Covid.
After more than one year of locking, public health measures and commercial closures, people are more than ready to put theCovid-19 pandemic behind us. Unfortunately, while a lot of progress has been made in lowering the number of new daily cases, there is still a little work just to do before life can come back to the "normal". And according to the general surgeon, there are at least two things that people have to do if they want to end the pandemic as soon as possible. Read it to see what the senior health official recommends, and more about how to protect yourself safely in the meantime,The CDC says if you see that in a restaurant, do not enter inside.
The general surgeon says that you should help everyone you know how to be vaccinated.
Despite a major step to have at least one dose in50% of adults In the United States, some managers are concerned aboutVaccination rate are starting to fall as Wanas of public enthusiasm. But according to the American surgeonVivek mourthy, ®, overcome the last obstacle of the pandemic consists in being proactive to help people in your lifeget their shots.
"The vaccine is the most important way to end this pandemic. It means we have to get everyone in our vaccinated country," said Murthy in advance 19 April. "Now, what we need to do is # 1: get the vaccine. # 2: Return and watch our family and friends and ask if they will be vaccinated. If they need help, That's what we need to do. "And for more vaccines,Doctor behind Pfizer-Biontech Vaccine says you will need a shot that often.
Lower vaccination rates can allow contagious variants to spread.
The warning of the general surgeon comes afterMain regional covidation tips It was concerned about some experts that very contagious virus variants will continue to smoke outbreaks across the late phases of the pandemic. "If we slow down because of the hesitation [vaccine], it gives more and more time for variants of concern, including B.1.1.7, which has ravaged states such as Michigan, to continue to propagate and define new potential surges in local communities, "Abdul el-Sayed, MD, doctor and epidemiologist, told CNN.
"It has always been a race between vaccines and variants. And hesitation simply slows down this vaccine leg," he said. And for more vaccine guidance,Do it immediately after getting your vaccine, say doctors.
Young people, unvaccinated people now become infected with COVID at a higher rate.
Other officials also pointed out that the most affected demographics by Covid-19 begins to change. During a Briefing of the White House Covid-19 on April 19, American Centers for Disease and Prevention Control (CDC)Rochelle Walensky, MD, told reporters that while progress had been made,recent epidemics painted a different image than previous overvoltages.
"More people in the United States are vaccinated every day at an accelerated pace," she said. "On the other hand,Cases and hospitalizations increase in some parts of the country. Cases in the youngest who have not yet been vaccinated are also increasing. And for an overview of revolutionary cases,You are more likely to get Covid after vaccination if you are on this age.
Enough of the population needs to be vaccinated for public health measures to disappear, say experts.
Other experts argued that the earliest population was vaccinated, the sooner we can come back tonormal life. During an interview with CNNDomestic policy April 18,Megan Ranney, MD, Emergency Doctor at the Rhode Island Hospital and Associate Professor in Brown University, said thatMask mandates should only be removed when "about 70% or 80%" of the national adult population is vaccinated.
Ranney is not alone in holding this opinion. During an interview with CNN in February,Anthony Fauci, MD, head of the House White Covid, said: "When [the number of Covid cases] goes well at the bottom and the overwhelming majority of people in the population are vaccinated, so I would feel comfortable saying, We must withdraw on the masks [inside] weno need to have masks. "And for more about how your blows can be effective,This vaccine can protect you from all variants, a new study says.