This is how likely it is that you have Covid right now, the former head of the FDA says
A former FDA Commissioner stated that COVID case numbers in the country may be greater than those reported.
Coronavirus hasinfected more than 3 million people In the United States, according to the disease control and prevention centers (CDC). However, everyone does not know they have Covid-19, because theymay not feel symptoms-And so can nevertest. So what is the probability that you really have the coronavirus, even if you do not know it? An expert suggests thatUp to 150 people in the country could be infected right now.
In an interview with CNBC on July 10, former Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Scott Gottlieb, MD, says there is "so much infection around the country"He thinks he is under-county.
"We have to have many more than 700,000 infections a day, even if we are not diagnosed with about 60,000," said Gottlieb. "Previously, when we were getting down about 20,000 infections diagnosed per day, conventional wisdom was the prevalence of 1 out of 200 people. So, now, it must be higher than that." This explains its current estimate of about 1 case for each 150 people.
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The absence of national unity is great to blame for failure cases, said Gottlieb. He does not think the country will adopt a unified plan at this point, which will in turnmore difficult to contain new surges-And that will be particularly difficult for the northeastern states that have already brought their levels of infection. ReferencingQuarantines of 14 days This essential as New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have implemented Hotspot States travelers in the south, it called them "a patchwork of solutions" that it believes will progressively progress.strongly and aggressively applied.
"Our borders are quite porous," said Gottlieb. "This will be a difficult task for states wishing to try to preserve the gains they have made, paying a rather important sacrifice to crush the virus, so as not to be reprinted in these states in significant number and see epidemics in direction of ephemus in the fall. "
Earlier, on June 29, Gottlieb told CNBC that he believes thatNearly half of the population will have coronavirus by the end of the year. He said that the South virus extends faster than the one that can not be contained, with "tens of thousands of infections" circulating in the southern communities.
However, a positive potential of half of the infected population is that Gottlieb believes that Fweer people will have to be vaccinated. Wait for aVaccine at the beginning of 2021He believes that this will not be necessary "to vaccinate the entire population, because many people have already had this when we arrive at a vaccination." And for more than where Covid is spreading,The 2 states where coronavirus spreads more quickly will surprise you.
