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More than two yearsIn the cocovio pandemic, It is clear that people are very external to the virus. Most of us come together with relatives and planning holidays, while health officials have stripped the mask mandates and abandoned the requirements of vaccines. But the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the United StatesLast week alone, the country's cases increased by more than 30% and hospitalizations by more than 17%, according to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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During an interview on May 18 with NHK, the best adviser in the White HouseAnthony Fauci, MD, said the pandemic hasinflicted more problems In the United States, even Passmist health officials planned. PresidentJoe Biden has just announced on May 12 that the country wasapproaching a tragic step of a million deathly deaths. We have sincereaches this point.

"About a year and a half ago ... I arrived the country and the administration that it was very, very serious and that we could have up to 200,000 deaths," said Fauci. "I was criticized to be too alarmist and exaggerated, and it turns out that not only I was not exaggerating ... The toll was five times what I said."

According to the expert in infectious diseases, a reluctance to be vaccinated has been an important factor contributing to the high number of deaths. The latest CDC data indicates that on May 12, only 66.3% of the total American population was fully vaccinated. But the Booster campaign goes even worse, because about half of the total population eligible to boost did not obtain an additional dose.

"Immunity drops, and that is why it is soimportant to stay up to date With vaccines and in particular boosters, "said Fauci during a briefing on the COVVI-19 response team of the White House of May 18. Vaccinated individuals, including those over 50.

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Now, Fauci warns that another cocovio booster will probably be necessary in the coming months - and it may not be the same booster that is available now. "We are studying clinical studies to determine, for next summer, what is the best of boosters to get because we are most likely to see an increase in infections when we enter the fall," he said.

According to Reuters, the National Institute of Health (NIH), where Fauci is director of the National Institute of Infectious Allergies and Diseases (Niaid), issupervise clinical studies To determine if the next cocvid booster will have to be specific to a particular variant or designed to approach more than one variant. "We want to make sure that we get the right booster, so we are doing a number of studies now to do so," said Fauci.

The infectious illness expert has also noted that data from these studies could help inform health officials about the frequency to which boosters are necessary for people to maintain strong protection against the virus over time.

"I think time in themid -summer We will know what the rate will be on the frequency to which we will have to vaccinate people, "he said at a meeting of the subcommittee of the house credits on May 11.

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