Late last year it was revealed that new, more contagious variants of COVID-19 have been detected abroad, namely in England and South Africa. This week, the CDC confirmed that several cases have now been diagnosed in the United States. “This variant appears to spread more easily and rapidly than other variants,” the CDC warned, adding that from now on there is no evidence that it causes serious illness or increased risk of death. So, how can you protect yourself from the more transmissible mutation of the virus? In a new interview with ABC7, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading expert in infectious diseases and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, reveals the answer. Read on to find out what it is – and do not miss it to ensure your health and the health of others Sure signs that you already have a Coronavirus.
Since the onset of the pandemic, Fauci has laid down some fundamental principles of public health to help people slow down the spread of the virus. With the latest variants, his most important advice is to continue to follow it. “What we need to do is follow the guidelines,” he said. “If everyone in this country is uniform, and we know you will never get everyone, but if the overwhelming majority of people in this country just follow the existing guidelines … if more people do, the inflection of the terrible strict increases that we ‘if we now see in the current boom we are going through, it will definitely turn and bend. No doubt about it.’ Continue reading for each guideline.
You must now wear one, and you will be asked to wear a mask during the first 100 days of Joe Biden’s presidency. “We want to get a million vaccinations a day, as the president-elect called,” Fauci said. “The idea of everyone having at least 100 days – at least – to wear a mask. Everyone is uniform, so we do not have inequalities where some people follow the social measures and others do not.”
Even if the vaccine is administered, you will still have to stay six meters apart. We do not yet have herd immunity. “With an effective vaccine of more than 90 percent, you can feel much more confident,” Fauci told CNN. “But I would advise people not to give up all public health measures just because you have been vaccinated.”
Whether you’re going to Grandma’s house for a family reunion or storming the Capitol of the Country with your maskless friends, it’s a bad idea to be with groups of people now, and even worse to be inside them. . It should be obvious: “It is suspected that the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person, mainly through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks,” says the CDC. “These drops can end up in the mouth or nose of people who are nearby or possibly inhaled into the lungs.”
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Dr Fauci says 75% or more of us need to be vaccinated until we can reach herd immunity and that the vaccine is safe and effective. ‘Are we going to clean the bottle neck in a few weeks? I hope so. Are we going to get 1 million a day in a few weeks? I doubt it. But I think by the time Pres. Biden comes in, he hopes he can have a system that he can get 1 million a day for the first 100 days, ‘Fauci said earlier this week.
According to Fauci, this is the biggest problem? There are so many people who refuse to follow these guidelines, as evidenced by the raid on the American Capitol building this week. “The problem is that we have a big difference in our country. There are people in regions of the country who just do not want to wear masks, or that they do not care about communal environment,” he pointed out. ‘Instead of focusing and saying,’ Should we change our health guidelines because of the mutation or even because we’re experiencing a terrible upswing? ‘, He suggests that you follow the basics.
“I mean, we now have 360,000 deaths. We average between 200,000 and 300,000 new infections a day, and almost every day we break a new record in deaths, more than 3,000 deaths a day,” he continued. “The solution is not to change what we do. It’s to stick to the recommendations.”
As for yourself, follow the principles of Fauci and help end this upsurge no matter where you live – wear a face mask, social distance, avoid large crowds, do not go indoors with people you do not shelter with (especially in pubs), practice good hand hygiene, be vaccinated if it is available to you and around your life and the lives of others, do not visit one of this not 35 places you are likely to catch COVID.