Video above: Fauci says US virus status is “bad”
Over the past week and a half, the number of coronavirus cases in the United States has doubled, but officials say this is still the first wave of pandemics.
“Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said in a live stream on Facebook and Twitter on Monday, “This first wave is still terrible.” “I don’t think this would be seen as a wave. It was a surge, or a resurgence of infections overlaid on the baseline… never really reached where we wanted to go. did”
Crowded weekend crowds contributed to the surge and could lead to lack of hospital beds and infect others. Take the economy back further. The virus is famous for how contagious it is, and for the ease with which people can infect others without symptoms.
“We are in free fall,” said Dr. Rochelle Warrensky, head of infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital.
“You see footage of what happened this weekend, and people are naive to the effects of their actions, or they’re just resigning to ignore it.”
On the same live stream as Forch on Monday, Dr. Francisco Linds, director of the National Institutes of Health, tried to reassure Americans that the country would survive a pandemic.
“We need everybody in America to have that confidence. Keep your optimism, keep your hope, do the right thing,” Collins said, Avoid wearing, social distances, frequent hand-washing and tight spaces indoors.
“All of these simple and easy things I know you’re tired of, but the virus is still there and we all need it to get worse,” Collins said. Told.
Nearly 3 million Americans are infected with COVID-19, including an increasing number of young adults. Over 129,000 Americans die from COVID-19, with some survivors working on long-term complications.
“Keep in mind that there are 300 million people in this country who are susceptible and have not been infected. The virus is far from a shortage of those who are infected,” he said.
“And until we change our behavior to prevent these infections, the infections will continue to soar.”
In 32 states, infection rates are still rising
With the proliferation of new cases, doctors are worried about hospitalization and more deaths in the coming weeks.
“We are accelerating across the country…the number of cases is still growing,” said Dr Peter Hotes, Dean of the National Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
“We’re breaking records almost every day here in Texas. People are rushing to hospitals and ICUs. We can’t continue any more at this rate,” he said.
“And of course that’s happening not only in Texas, but in Florida, Arizona. Now, a similar situation is beginning to unfold in the Gulf, and now in the upper Midwest and Tennessee.”
Like Wallensky, Hotez described this swirling situation as “free fall.”
Johns Hopkins University data show higher rates of new cases this week compared to last week and in at least 32 states compared to last week: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
New infections in 14 states include Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming. Rates are generally stable.
Also, only four states, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, have seen a lower incidence of new cases.
