6 ways that the United States followed Covid, former CDC chief says
The country should collect these types of data in order to have a real handle on the pandemic.
In order to respond correctly to the coronavirus pandemic, health experts need correct and complete data - something that U.C. Done widely fault. Overall, the country is experiencing significant tests and contact tracing problems, includingfalse negatives andLong wait times for test results. In addition to these questions, there are aspects of coronavirus diffusion that are not followed, which creates a negative gap of knowledge. In an interview withStrong,Former Director of Disease and Prevention Control Centers (CDC)M From, MD, MPH, explained six ways in which the United States followed the evil of Covid. Read on to learn what the old chef says we do not follow, but should be. And for more information on how the country manages the pandemic,The United States "will not get a third chance to control Covid, expert warns.
1 The amount of infections whose sources are unknown.
These are called "unrelated infections" and "arerarely reported in the United States, "Frieden noted in an OP-ED forThe Washington Post, adding that the countries that have successfully completed Covid retain a strict kit of them. "Areas with unrelated infections can control the virus by improving contact tracing and physical distancing." For more expert insight,This is how Mr. Fauci says we can push the "reset button" on coronaviruses.
2 The infection rate among health workers.
Health workers are exposed to the virus at a level that the general public is not. Follow-up The number that is infected could help infectious disease experts understand the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (EPP) and the risk of different types of transmission. A 14 July report created byThe Guardianand Kaiser Health News states that in some states "Medical staff account for Up to 20% of known coronavirus cases. But more accurate data would be even more valuable.
3 Isolate symptomatic patients.
Now, the so-itself in quarantine is exactly than in the United States. It is up to individuals to do that themselves. Meanwhile, countries such as Thailand providedQuarantine dormitories with covident patients, supporting their efforts. Keep a better track and make sure that at least - people who have symptoms are in quarantine within three days would do a lot to slow the propagation. And for more Frieden,Covid "will be worse" in August and September, said former director of the CDC.
4 How many contacts test positive for quarantine.
The first step after establishing an infected person in contact is to inform them that they should in quarantine. Then, contact traces and health leaders must keep track of the amount of these quarantined contacts to be tested also, as it will also provide an overview of the realization of the distribution of the disease.
5 The local coronavirus has spread.
Keep a trace of how the virus goes through communities is essential. With different areas of the country on different stages of reopening, with different and different population densities from other essential means, there will be a variation of speed and method of propagation. Follow-up that will help you not only mitigate local spread, but also to provide a clearer image on the disease. And for more information up to date,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
6 The rate of "surplus mortality".
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines"Excess mortality" As "the above mortality which would be expected on the basis of the non-crisis mortality rate of the population of interest". Follow-up of the number of deaths that happened beyond what would normally be expected in the United States during the length of the pandemic is important because some people died of COVID without having confirmed their diagnosis and that deaths that are indirectly caused by the virus. (For example, people with serious conditions by avoiding hospitals of fears of Covid.) And for more conditions exacerbated by coronavirus,Your stress of Covid could cause this deadly heart disease, finds the study.