150 medical experts urge American officials to "Close now"
In a new open letter, the nation's leading medical experts say to the leaders of "stop him now and start".
Wednesday, July 22, California recordedNew highs in both dead coronavirus and total number of cases. Meanwhile, the Missouri, North Dakota and Western Virginia recorded their highest news of new COVID cases, while Alabama, Idaho and Texas had their greatest number of related deaths At the coronavirus in a day, according toThe New York Times.As more and more states across the country struckThe "critical" barometer in terms of epidemics of CovidIt seems to indicate a more serious action is necessary to prevent the virus of propagation. And, according to more than 150 of the best medical experts of the nation, it is time for America to be "the farm now and start again." In an open letter entitled "Close it, start again, do it right" sent to the presidentDonald Trump, its administration and its governors nationally on Wednesday, health professionals and public health experts say thatIt's time for a complete stop Restart the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In the letter, that you canRead whole hereThe experts write: "We are now on a way to lose more than 200,000 American people by November 1st. Yet, in many states, people can drink in bars, getting a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a tattoo massage and myriad other normal activities, pleasant, but Not essential. "
They add that: "The best thing to do for the nation isdo not reopen as quickly as possibleIt is to save as many lives as possible. And the reopening before deleting the virus will not help the economy. "
According to experts, US leaders should do these eight things right now:
- Close non-essential companies.
- Limit the restaurant service to take away.
- Exhort people to stay at homeAnd only exit to get food, medicine, exercise or fresh air.
- Compulsory masks In all situations, both internal and exterior, where people interact with others.
- Bar trip Inter-states not essential.
- MassivelyEstablishment of tests.
- Build the necessary infrastructure forEffective contact tracing.
- Provide a safety net for those who need it.
"Then, and only then we can try a little more opening, a little step at a time," the experts write.
The letter was organized by the United States Public Interest Research Group. It is signed by doctors, epidemiologists, physicians and health experts from Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Brown, Colombia and the University of Pennsylvania, such asEzekiel J. Emanuel, MD, void of global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania;William Hanage, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; andAngela Rasmussen, PhD,Virologist in Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. And the list continues to grow.
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Similarly, the Harvard Global Health Institute InstituteCOVID Risk Level Card indicates that11 states need a stop.Ashisha JHA, MD, director of HGHI, tweeted on July 11 he was "worried [these states] are heading towardsfull stop Unless [their] path changes. In the vast majority of them, the trajectory has not changed within two weeks that followed.
After obtaining a document at the White House, the Non-Profit News GroupPublic integrity center and leak in mid-July, JHA told CNNJake Tapperthisstates in the "Red Zone" should follow the orders of the document andswitch off.
During this time,Anthony Fauci, MD, recently clarified that it does not believe that the country must return to a complete lock. But in an interview of July 15 withAtlantic, he says we shouldPress the "Reset" button. And here's how he recommends doing this:Here's how Dr. Fauci says that we can push a "reset button" on coronavirus.