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The delta variant ofCOVID Is not finished with America - and the summer sketch in cases could spread hot spots now that schools are back in session, a virus expert warns. "I can honestly say that this overvoltage could really become substantially higher," said Dr. Michael Osterholm, epidemiologist and director of the infectious research center of the disease at the University of Minnesota, on the last episode of hisPodcast. Read more - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSure sign that you have "Long" Covid and may even know.

"The recent reports outside Florida indicate that people who are often desperately ill waiting for more than two hours to receive monoclonal antibodies," osterholm said. "We have many reports of individuals who have other health problems - heart attacks, involuntary injuries, falls, accidents - which can not be seen in a timely manner in health systems. They can not be broken, but Boy, they are really folded. "

Osterholm noted that the states that led the Delta Surge-Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri and Nevada saw their work checks begin at the plateau or fall. "Does the question, however, mean that overvoltage is over and that it means that we will see in the coming weeks, a rapid fall of the case or something else will happen?" he said. "And that something else, I think of being the great unknown. If you look at the population of these states, I just mentioned, they account for only 12.5% ​​of the American population. What are the other states that have 87 , 5% of the population to look like over the next three to five weeks? "

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"I just do not know where the overvoltage will go," said Osterholm. "The other thing I can not answer: Will it be like the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, where after having the overvoltage of point A to the top of the Point B, he does not return Down to point again. He goes to point C, as we saw in England - where instead of returning to 1,000 or 2,000 cases, the 47,000 summit continues at 32 000 cases. "

He added: "In the coming weeks at several months, do not expect to see us come back to a basic base of May and June. I will not happen. The question is, how high is she going Get? Long it will last? And once it goes, what will be the base of reference that it will eventually come back? "

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About the FDA approval of the Pfizer / Biontech mRNAvaccineOsterholm said he thought the media emphasized the safety of CRNA vaccines. "The only adverse event of meaning has been associated with those who have been myocarditis and pericarditis," he said. "And in these cases, in some cases, people were hospitalized, but they mainly retrieved. Most of them were in fact very soft conditions.

He added: "No one died of the 180 million people who were vaccinated with mRNA vaccines in this country. It is a significant number. In fact, I would like aspirin to be as safe. And so I think we have to focus on the fact that it's not just safe vaccines. They are incredibly safe. "

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Stressing the grandfather of five people who want his grandchildren to have a person in education, Osterholm said the guidelines from the CDC on the reopening of the school secure are misleading. "This virus moves quickly and efficiently between the children, the children and for the children," he said. During last week, the top 15 Florida school districts have recorded 11,851 cases of Covid among students and 2610 staff cases. "Science tells us Delta, it is absolutely impossible to open schools and have no major transmission," he said.

"Our pediatric intensive care beds in the country are met," he added. "So if your child becomes seriously ill, do not expect to get a bed pediatric intensive care or even get a pediatric intensive care physician and nurses to care for them. We need to draw considerably transmission among our children. "

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"You can actually accomplish a substantial reduction in the risk of viruses with a good quality mask," Osterholm said. "We know that the fabric coatings are facing, as such, offer very limited protection."

It recommends an N95 mask or KN95, or barrier face covering that which has been approved by Astm , A group that measures the effectiveness of respiratory protective devices.

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