A new poll found that 49% of Republican men said they would not be vaccinated for Covid-19, and dr. Vin Gupta said that “the course of this pandemic is being determined” to the detriment of all Americans.
‘All forecasts currently say that by the very end of June, early July, we will have the worst of these. However, it depends on people getting the vaccine at 75% to 80%. eligible adults by that time, ‘said Gupta, who works in an intensive care unit. “If that’s not the case – if there is such great skepticism or hesitation, we are not going to get there.”
Gupta, a NBC lung doctor and medical associate, pointed to models from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) that suggest the U.S. may still experience 100,000 cases and at least 1,000 deaths a day. if the number of eligible adults getting vaccinated was below projections.
During his first speech as president on Thursday night, Joe Biden quickly promised to return to normal.
“After these long, difficult years, it will make this Independence Day something special, where we will not only mark our independence as a nation, but also begin to mark our independence from this virus,” he said.
Gupta, an associate professor at the University of Washington’s IHME, told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that Covid would be something Americans live with, and that it would become more of an endemic virus, which means that it will be frequently found among the population.
“The virus is still going to be transmitted, but people will not get sick and end up in the hospital,” Gupta said. “It’s the hope that only a small part of society can remain vulnerable, and we can do that. That’s how normal it will look; management, not complete annihilation.”