With 2 to 3 million people sharing their coronavirus vaccine it may seem daily that the pandemic is almost over. It’s not. In fact, new variants and a plateau of affairs may indicate that we want another boom, and as the cases in Michigan and Miami Beach turn up over the Spring Break parties, the danger is real. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the president and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appears on Today weekend to warn against getting too complacent. Read on for his full warning – and do not miss it to ensure your health and the health of others Sure signs that you already have a Coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci was asked if people become too complacent. “I’m actually worried that’s the case,” he said. ‘If you look at the dynamics of the outbreak, we had the big boom in the winter, in the middle of winter, in the late winter, then it really started to go down very nicely and definitely reached about 50 to 60 000. And now it’s flat. This is not a good thing, because what happened in the past. And history has shown us that it’s usually the forerunner of another boom if you have that plateau. We have actually seen it in the European Union. ”
“They are usually about three to four weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of their outbreak,” Fauci said. ‘They went up like us, came back, committed plateau and they withdrew their public health measures, masking and things like that. And currently they are going through the beginning of a boom – increases of 5 or 10%. I’m very worried if we declare victory early, that it’s the same thing that’s going to happen. Vaccines arrive really well, between two and 3 million doses per day to enter humans. If we can just go on a little longer, the more people are vaccinated, the less likely there is a boom. ‘
‘There are a number of variants,’ said Fauci, ‘but the one that is currently gaining momentum in our own country is the B.1.1.7, which is the British variant as they call it, because it happened to be the first times noticed in the UK. The good news about it is that the vaccines we are distributing now work very well against the three vaccines. There are a few other varying variants that have not actually become dominant and do not seem to be becoming dominant. So the one we’m focusing on right now is the 1.1.7, there’s one in New York and five to six that are worrying. But hopefully if we maintain our social health measures, it will not become a dominant variant, but you need to keep an eye on the variants. But as I mentioned, fortunately for us, our vaccines work well against the 1.1.7. ”
The Today host called a poll “which shows that about 18% of health workers in the country say they do not intend to be vaccinated … What does this say about our chances of achieving herd immunity and what is the threshold that we as a country have? to reach to keep us all safe? ”
“We do not really know what the number is,” said Dr. Fauci said. ‘You can make an estimate of what it is … it’s purely an estimate between 70 and 85% of the population vaccinated. I mean, there’s always some hesitation in vaccines in whatever group you have, one, health workers. This is disturbing. We must continue to reach out to them and try to convince them. First of all, without accusing them of trying to figure out what you’re all about? Is it because you feel that things have gone too fast, then you can explain that it is a reflection of the science that took place decades ago. Although it is time consuming, it seems to be fast. The fact is that a lot of effort has gone into it and science has looked at it, and whether it is safe and effective, it has been reasonably proven to be extremely effective. We must therefore continue to reach out to those people. ‘
On the heels of the CDC recommending that schools keep children three feet apart – instead of six – Drs. Fauci was asked if the same could happen to adults. ‘I think eventually that will be the case – what the CDC is doing is trying to the best of its ability to gather good, solid, scientific evidence and data, as it did with children in school. As this data comes in, I believe you may see some changes in recommendations for different things, workplace, places of worship. It’s going to start rolling out. Get vaccinated now when it is available to you and to protect the lives of you and others, do not visit any of the following. 35 places you are likely to catch COVID.