The director of the CDC worries about this new threat of Covid
"I really think we have to look at that and be careful," she said.
As the football fans watched Tampa Bay buccaneers beat Kansas's leaders to take the title of Super Bowl LV, health experts were preparing to crack for the possibility that the game - traditionally the most Big annual event in America -Trigger a tip in new cases of COVID-19. IncludingRochelle Walensky, MD, Director of Disease and Prevention Control Centers (CDC). The watch of the big match, she told the associated press: "I amworried about Super Bowl Sunday, very honestly. People gather, they look at games together. We have already seen football epidemics. ... I really think we have to watch that and be careful. For more details on why experts think that the big game couldcause a great thrust, read and for more COVID news, discoverWhat does the Dr. Fauci say not to do after your first COVID.
Holidays and major events caused most of the United States surge.
The most important overvoltages of the United States throughout the pandemic have been the result of holiday celebrations, similar to the Super Bowl. The summer surge was the result of the day of the Memorial and July 4, the autumn overvoltage came after the workday andCase numbers only recently began down After a tip caused by gatherings on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. For example, by Healthline Analysis, two weeks after Thanksgiving, theThe number of new cases was in place With more than 20%, while hospitalizations increased by 21% and deaths increased by 39%. And for more about what the numbers look like where you live, checkWhat is the gravity of the COVID epidemic in your state.
The Super Bowl game is not the problem.
Thorough restrictions have been put in place around the main event itself, which took place in Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay's Home Turf. The place has a maximum capacity of 75,000, but at Super Bowl Sunday, only 22,000 people were present. These fans were asked to wear masks and many of them wereHealth workers who have already been vaccinated. And for more information on the last pandemic of COVID-19, discover whyCovid could take this scary turning next month, the study finds.
Tampa officials are worried about the post-effects of victory.
When the Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV, Tampa became the first city foreverHome team hosted victoriously for the big game, which meanttonsto celebrate. Scenes ofmask-free crowds Post-Super Bowl provoked an alarm, especially consideringFlorida has the greatest number of cases the new U.K variant of the new more contagious in the United States "you have sites that operate 100% capacity,stuff their places, "Tom Degeorge, owner of a local bar, told ABC Local WFTS.
"Tampa police tell me that they are very disappointed by what they have seen and that some of these institutions are likely to be arrested," said a CNN journalist of the "massive crowd"In the area where" not many of them [were] wearing a mask. "And for more ordinary covid news,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
Then there is the problem of fans celebrating at home, Mr. Faisci has warned.
Before the big game, Chief Medical Officer of the White HouseAnthony Fauci, MD, said he feared that the Super Bowl celebrations could cause "Super Spidle Mini-Events".
"Everyone likes to have, I also returned to that moment, to have a big party with a number of people who arrive, friends and other people in the neighborhood," he said in February 5thInterview with MSNBCArri Melber. "If you do not know what a person's status is, vis-à-vis they are infected or not, you really put yourself and your family in danger. ... It's aPerfect configuration to have a Super Spreader mini-event In your own house. "And for more fauci, checkPresident Biden just gave this update dark Covid.
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