US Coronavirus: US has the opportunity to overcome the pandemic, but a major challenge lies ahead, says expert

US Coronavirus: US has the opportunity to overcome the pandemic, but a major challenge lies ahead, says expert

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Tens of millions of Americans have not yet started their vaccinations, said Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told CNN on Wednesday and ‘many of the people are still not sure they want to take part in this amazing event this virus is behind. ‘

“We really need to figure out how to get the messages out there so that those who have not yet decided get the information they need to see why this is really something they want to do.”

But experts believe the US needs much higher levels of vaccination to control the virus.

“If we get past this terrible pandemic, most of us will be vaccinated. Otherwise, the virus can just go on and on,” Collins said.

To date, about 40.5% of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of Covid-19 and about 26.4% have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC data show one dose of Covid-19 vaccine administered for every 850

And efforts – federal, state and local – are continuing to push up vaccination rates.

“I think our effort is shifting, and it’s shifting to younger people who just do not think so much about Covid,” Andy Slavitt, senior White House adviser to the Covid-19 response, told CNN.

In Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan has announced a new effort to ensure everything every resident who wants a shot can get there as quickly as possible, including seniors and college students.

“We are really close to the light at the end of the tunnel. Those who have not been vaccinated yet will get a vaccine as soon as possible. Do it for yourself, do it for your family, do it for your friends, and do it so that all of us can put this global pandemic behind us, ‘Hogan said in a statement.

People receive their second dose of vaccine at a mobile Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 20, 2021

Hundreds of Americans die every day

While many government leaders are emphasizing the imminence of ending the pandemic, U.S. Covid-19 numbers remain high.

In the past week, a daily average of more than 62,900 Covid-19 infections has been reported, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The US vaccinates millions of Americans daily. But that's why Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are ongoing
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, more than 43,000 Americans were hospitalized with the virus.

And hundreds of Americans are still losing their lives every day. In the past week alone, the US has reported more than 4,900 deaths in Covid-19.

In the state of Washington, Covid-19 cases are increasing in most counties, and hospitalizations are increasing, with a sharp increase in the number of young adults being admitted to the hospital, Drs. Umair Shah, the state’s secretary of health, said.

And most provinces have also tracked down variants, Shah said.

“Good news (is) that two thirds of people aged 65 and older were fully vaccinated and that more than half of people aged 50+ had one # COVID19 # Vaccine dose,” Shah said. said on Twitter. “Bad news is that we’re getting so close to the turn, starting to see a 4th wave and need people to hang on a little longer.”
Variants have also helped fuel a violent boom in Michigan, with officials saying that the sooner the country gets more shots in the arms, the less likely it is that dangerous tribes will fire further spikes.

A new study highlights the importance of vaccinations

For those who have been fully vaccinated, the risk of still getting Covid-19 – described as ‘breakthrough infections’ – remains extremely low, a new study indicates.

Among the 417 Rockefeller University employees who were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, only two of them later had breakthrough infections.

Only 2 "breakthrough" infections among hundreds of people who have been fully vaccinated, new study finds

The researchers found that variations with different differences than the original virus caused the breakthrough infections.

“We have seen bona fide examples of breakthroughs through vaccines manifesting as clinical symptoms,” they wrote. “These observations in no way undermine the importance of the urgent efforts being made at the federal and state levels to vaccinate the American people. to efforts to promote a new vaccine enhancer (as well as a pan-coronavirus vaccine) to provide increased protection against variants. ‘

Another study that looked at infections in nursing homes in Chicago found that the residents who were vaccinated the most were not infected with the virus, even after someone in the same facility tested positive.

Among the nearly 8,000 residents and nearly 7,000 staff members who have received two doses since December, there were only 22 breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated, according to the CDC’s weekly report on morbidity and mortality published on Wednesday.

Of these breakthrough cases, two-thirds were asymptomatic. Two residents were admitted to the hospital and one of the residents died, the CDC said. The person who died had three underlying conditions, the agency added.

CNN’s Rebekah Riess, Jen Christensen, Jacqueline Howard and Jenn Selva contributed to this report.

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