American Coronavirus: Covid-19 cases have been flattened. This explains why this may predict another increase, the expert says

“On the one hand, we get the vaccines at a record rate, but on the other hand, we have these variants. We also know that there have been increases after the spring break and after the holidays. So what it happens now it’s up to us. ” emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen told CNN on Sunday.

“The best way to avoid any threat of variants is to do two things,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Sunday. “Vaccinate as many people as we can and continue with public health measures until we get this broad umbrella of protection over society that the level of infection is very low.”

The decline in cases reported by officials earlier this year appears to have slowed, which is of concern to experts.

“Based on our previous experience in this country and in other countries, when you see a plateau predict another climb,” Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist, told CNN on Sunday. “And we have these new variants that can also fuel a more serious rise.”

Meanwhile, travel reaches pandemic records

In Miami Beach, Mayor Dan Gelber said weekend officials see “too much spring break activity.”

“We have a problem with too many people coming here,” the mayor said. “We have a problem with too many people coming here to let go.”

Meanwhile, air travel across the country is setting pandemic records.

More than 1.3 million people were examined at airports on Friday, the highest figure since March 15, 2020, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

“It was the eighth day of this month that performance exceeded (one million). If you plan to travel, put on a mask,” Farbstein added.

Good news for vaccines

To date, more than 69.7 million people have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine. More than 37.4 million are fully vaccinated, approximately 11.3% of the U.S. population.

On Sunday, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and a current member of the Pfizer board, offered more encouraging news.

“All evidence of all vaccines now points in the direction that these vaccines reduce asymptomatic infection and reduce transmission,” he told CBS.

“If that’s the case, the vaccine creates what we call‘ dead-end guests, ’many dead-end guests, which means people will no longer be able to transmit the infection,” Gottlieb added.

“What we saw was the first installment of what can be done if vaccinated … what can be done at home, with vaccinated people together or vaccinated with an unvaccinated person,” Fauci told CNN Sunday.

“You’ll soon see similar types of guidelines for the American public, when it comes to travel, the workplace, all sorts of different things,” he added. “You will immediately see these types of guidelines coming out.”

Political division on vaccinations

Health experts have estimated that between 70% and 85% of the U.S. population should be vaccinated so that the country can achieve herd immunity against Covid-19. But the main challenges remain, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said last week, which includes “a restricted supply of vaccines, a continuing vaccination of the vaccine and growing myths and misinformation related to Covid vaccines.” 19 “.

Another challenge: a political divide among Americans who plan to get a shot.

A CNN poll by SSRS, released Thursday, shows that while 92% of Democrats say they have gotten a dose of the vaccine or plan to get one, it drops to 50% among Republicans.

This is a finding that Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson called “worrying.”

In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference late last week that the state saw white Republicans faltering in various communities.

Another poll, conducted by NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist, found that nearly half (47%) of people who supported President Donald Trump in the 2020 election said they would not get a Covid-19 vaccine. if it were available to them, while only 10% of the people who supported President Joe Biden said they would not be vaccinated.

Fauci said on “Fox News Sunday” that he believed Trump telling Republicans to get vaccinated “would make all the difference in the world.”

“He’s a very popular person among Republicans. If he came out and said, ‘Go get vaccinated, it’s really important to your health, the health of your family and the health of the country,'” it seems absolutely inevitable that the vast majority of people who are his closest followers would hear him, ”Fauci said.