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In a day, the elected presidentJoe Bidenwill be in working with a new administration at the bar as in the United States continues to fight against the Pandemic of Covid. Just before formally entering into his role as a Covid White House Advisor,Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director of the Infectious and Political Disease Research Center at the University of Minnesota, gave adark prediction on what is ahead with regard to the spread of the virus. The official named Biden warned that theNew strains of COVID will turn the pandemic into something "unlike everything we have seen again. To learn more about its prediction, continue to read, and for another recent warning of a new official, seeThe director of New CDC has just published this very dark Covid Warning.

At this moment, theU.K. stump, What is said 50 percent more than the current dominant transmissible strain of the coronavirus in the U.S., Abeen identified in 20 states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Reports. However, two other strabs- very contagiousone from South Africa and one of Brazil-I who worries more because they haveThe mutated virus more dramatic And could make our current treatments and less effective vaccines, one of the theory experts are currently studying. Although these two strains have not yet been identified in the United States,Anthony Fauci, MD, recently declaredNewsweekthenew variants would be discovered statteside "sooner or later."

But one thing is safe-these new strains are likely to climb. During a CNN interviewNew day January 19thOsterholm warned"We will suddenly see these variants come to play," he said. "On the basis of the experience we have seen in Europe, especially South Africa, these variants can significantly increase the number of cases. »

Osterholm fears that what comes after the pandemic is unprecedented. On January 14, he said local minneapolis subsidiary CBS new WCCO that these strains were aserious curveball. "The challenges are immense, simply huge," he says. "If you think we had a problem so far with this virus, if these variations spread here and cause problems that they have in [England and Ireland], God helps us. And for more current Covid news delivered directly to your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

Osterholm anticipates that a scary change from the pandemic is getting closer. "I worried desperately in the six to 12 weeks, we will see a situation with this pandemic anything that's the difference we still have seen so far," said CNN Osterholm. "And it's really a challenge I do not think most people realize again. »

On January 15, the CDC issued a warning that thevariant R.U. could become the dominant strain In the United States by March, and experts likeScott Gottlieb, MD, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, also shares a similar warning. During an appearance on CBS NewsFace the nationOn January 17, he said, "At this moment, thisnew variant is about 0.5 percent of all infections nationally. There areHot Points in Southern California And in Florida, which can be closer to 1 percent, but it will double every week. It is therefore to double every week. It is the experience of other countries and it is the experience we have seen so far in the United States. It is therefore 1 percent now. It will be 2 percent, then 4 percent, then 8 percent, then 16 percent, then 32 percent. Thus, in about five weeks, it will start taking over. This would put us in the middle of February, according to the prediction of Gottlieb.

"What we are looking for an implacable strike of this virus head in the spring, while the infections really started to decline in the spring," he said. "We would have had a quiet spring. One could have the persistence of the high levels of spring infection until we get enough vaccinated people. For some helpful tips mask to protect you, seeThe CDC warns against the use of these 6 face masks.

Osterholm The said vaccines are also a key component to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and the new strains. However, he said, "We can not do the vaccine going much faster than it is right now. »

During an interview on January 17 with NBCMeet the press, Fauci also said that the vaccine is the way to avoid the greater propagation of COVID, even if the new variants create more infection. "The best way toescape this negative effect From these new isolates is ... Just when the vaccine becomes available, people should be vaccinated, "he said." If we can have ... the overwhelming majority of the vaccinated population, we would be in very good shape and could beat even the mutant. "And for more information on where the British strain is so far, checkThe new Covid strain is now in these states.

As for the severity of the next phase of the pandemic, Osterholm said, this is the speed with which we act quickly. "The difference is going to be, let us react now or later," he explained. According to Osterholm, the Biden administration will take "dramatic steps" to mitigate the spread of new variants. However, he added that "the question is how long are we going to do it? Let's go on the brakes after the cars rolled around the tree, otherwise we try to put the brakes before leaving the intersection? " To see what precautions we could afford to fall, discoverThese 2 precautions of COVID may not be necessary after all, a new study finds.

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