"We must accept that we are in the second wave," said the former head of the FDA
Scott Gottlieb, MD, rings the alarm that the United States is in the second wave of the pandemic.
Photh Coronavirus Case Numbers In various parts of the country in recent weeks have left many Americans wondering if it's theSecond wave of the civid pandemic-19. And although he did not seem clear for a while, the former FDA commissionerScott Gottlieb, MD, clearly and simply said that the United States.is Now in the second wave of the pandemic.
"We must accept the fact thatWe are in the second wave At this moment, "says Gottlieb in aFace the nation Interview with CBS News'Margaret Brennan Sunday, July 5th. The doctor, who worked under the 2017 Trump administration until the last source, said two months ago, 10 states had the expansion of epidemics. He now says that the same can be called about 40 states.
And even worse, he added, "It's not a clear line of view on how we are goingGet this under control. "
In mid-June, Gottlieb was questioned about theCovid arises inArizona, Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina during an interview with CNBCSquawk box."It's not a second wave," he said at the time. "[These states] never reallygot rid of the first wave ... They just had some infection, they had a persistent infection - we are now starting to see it back as they reopen. But less than a month later, the situation has aggravated only many more, have seenweeks rising case numbers who made their "critical" situations, according toCOVID act now.
In the maintenance of July 5, Gottlieb, who wasRaising red flags on recent COVID spikes For weeks, added that the country is "where we were when the city of New York had its maximum epidemic". He said that at that time there were about 34,000 cases reported a day, but only a positive topic on 20 was diagnosed, which means that there was probably 700,000 new daily infections.
By comparison, Gottlieb said: "At the moment, we will have about 60,000 infections a day. This week, we may be reaching 75,000 or getting closer to that. We probably diagnose an infection on 12 ... that means we have about 700,000 infections per day nationwide. We are therefore back where we were at the top of the epidemic during the New York epidemic. "
Many experts had expected that the Pandemic of Covid-19 would behave like the 1918 influenza pandemic, which began in March 1918, saw a significant decline in cases during the summer, then saw a resurgence. autumnclaimed even more lives that the initial epidemic. But if we are alreadyIn this second waveIt looks like the coronavirus can move in a faster pace. And for more information on the propagation of rapid Covid,That's why Coronavirus exploded in the south, "said Harvard Doctor.
