The main epidemiologist of the United States Government, Anthony Fauci, warned this Sunday of a “rise” in coronavirus infections after the Christmas holidays and despite the start of the vaccination campaign to the point that he considers that the worst of the pandemic could be yet to come.
Fauci has been questioned during an interview on CNN if he believed “the worst is yet to come.” “I think so,” he said. “There is very likely to be a rebound after the Christmas and New Year holidays,” he explained.
“We are at a critical juncture. There could be more pressure on the system with a post-holiday boom. Travel, reunions and warm new intentions to be together at parties … It’s very hard for people not to do- ho, “he said.
Fauci himself was vaccinated on December 22 and has said he is fine. “The only thing that happened to me was six or ten hours after the vaccination, when I started to feel a little pain in my arm. It lasted about 24 hours, maybe a little longer. Then it disappeared completely. suffered no other harmful effect, “he said.
As for the British strain of the coronavirus, Fauci has indicated that “it doesn’t seem” that people get sick more seriously and has stressed that “viruses mutate a lot.” “Obviously it’s something we take very seriously and it’s always worrying that there’s a mutation, but I think the American population needs to remember and assume that they’re RNA viruses and that they’re constantly mutating. Most of these mutations don’t matter. functional, “he explained.
The effectiveness of vaccines against this new strain is also being studied. “Is it escaping the vaccine-induced protection we are using right now? That doesn’t seem to be the case,” he said.
In other news, Fauci has said that US President Donald Trump “should be vaccinated.” “The decision on whether to get vaccinated depends on him and the White House doctor (…). My recommendation, as I have said on other occasions, is that I would vaccinate him. He remains the president of the States. United. A person of critical importance, “he said. Trump is 74 years old right now and already passed the coronavirus a few weeks ago.
The U.S. Attorney General for Public Health, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, has also referred to a possible rise in infections after the holidays and has acknowledged there is “concern.” “There’s always a slight increase after the holidays and sometimes there’s a big increase,” he told ABC.
Thus, Adams recalled that health authorities recommend a test between three and five days after any trip or after having been with people without a mask to detect possible asymptomatic cases. In addition, they recommend being away from vulnerable groups.
In the last 24 hours counted, the United States has recorded 8,353 new cases and 96 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 19,000,572 cases and 332,145 deaths from the new disease, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.