Former director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), dr. Tom Frieden told CAVUTO Live on Saturday that it was critical for Americans to double their coronavirus protection protocols, as cases, infection rates, hospitalizations and deaths remained “astronomically high”.
The CDC on Thursday updated their guidelines on coronavirus vaccine administration, saying the first and second approved doses can be given up to six weeks apart. The agency published the changes amid a shortage of vaccine supply.
Frieden provided insight into the updated coronavirus guidelines and warned that Americans may be “over the danger level” if they are not careful.
EX-CDC HEAD DR. TOM FRIEDEN: This is the most complicated vaccination program in the history of the United States and the two-dose series makes it even more complicated, and according to the CDC it is basic: get the two doses as scheduled. 21 days for Pfizer, 28 days for Moderna, but if there is an extreme problem, it’s good if it has to be postponed for a few weeks or in certain circumstances, if you need to get the other vaccine, but really better to get it as indicated, but better to get any vaccine than no vaccine.
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The key to this, Neil, is that we need to get vaccines out of the freezers and into the weapons, but the vaccination is not going to go down for many months. This could lower mortality rates, especially if we can vaccinate more people in nursing homes and people over 65. These are the individuals who, in the case of nursing homes, make up about 40% of deaths older than 65, 80%. deaths … so if we can get the group vaccinated sooner, mortality rates should start to drop before the rate starts to drop.
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If we all work together, we can get a high vaccination rate during the summer, and if it goes well by the fall, it can lead to a newer normal. The wild card here, Neil, is the variant because it is more and more worrying.