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Original title: Isn’t it the “darkest moment” yet? Fauci: The outbreak in the United States will be “wave after wave” in the coming weeks. Source: Global Times
According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, there were more than 133,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 840 new deaths in a single day in the United States on November 29. This is the 27th consecutive day that the number of recently confirmed cases in the United States has surpassed 100,000 in a single day. By early morning on December 1, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 13.39 million and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 266,000.Although the situation continues to deteriorate, this is not the “darkest moment” of the American epidemic.
Original title: Isn’t it the “darkest moment” when the number of new cases in a single day exceeds 133,000? Fauci: In the coming weeks, the US epidemic will be “wave after wave”
As about 6 million people fly over the Thanksgiving holiday, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned that in the coming weeks, the outbreak in the United States will be devastating, “wave after wave “. .
According to CNN and Associated Press reports on Nov. 29, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised people not to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday last week, between 800,000 and 1 million people traveled by plane every day. Leading US infectious disease experts have warned that the number of confirmed cases will rise in the coming weeks due to travel and Thanksgiving celebrations. Brown University medical expert Lanney said that the spread of the new corona virus during the Thanksgiving holiday will be clear in the next two to three weeks, with the resulting deaths occurring around Christmas and New Years. The coordinator of the White House New Coronavirus Response Task Force, Burks, predicts that after the Thanksgiving holiday, the number of confirmed cases in a single day will be “three, four or even ten” after the Memorial Day holiday (late May).
The surge in confirmed cases has overwhelmed hospitals in the United States. According to CNN, according to data from a new coronavirus monitoring project, on November 29, the number of patients with new coronavirus pneumonia in the United States reached 93,238, a new high, surpassing 91,635 the day before. . “It’s like a natural disaster in 50 states at the same time. There aren’t enough beds and there aren’t enough (medical) staff.” Lanney said the medical system in many places is on the brink of collapse.
Fauci and other experts urge Americans to take positive action before the Christmas holidays to alleviate the overwhelming problem of hospitals everywhere. Fauci emphasized the importance of wearing masks and maintaining social distance. According to a CBS report, Burks stated that anyone who has attended a gathering during the Thanksgiving holiday should be tested for the novel corona virus within 5 to 10 days afterwards, especially young people, because many young people they have been infected with the new corona virus but are not. There are no symptoms. The director of the US Public Health Service, Adams, said on Fox News on November 29, “The situation will get worse in the coming weeks, but the actions we take in the next few days will determine how bad the situation is.” Hua expressed his regret and strongly supported people to wear masks to prevent the epidemic.
With the epidemic worsening, nearly every US state and federal government and public health experts have set their sights on vaccines. According to the “Washington Post” report, the CDC Immunization Advisory Committee will meet on December 1 to vote on the order of vaccination against the new coronavirus. The elderly and medical personnel are likely to be the first to be vaccinated. US Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Giruval predicts that by the end of this year, the US should have enough vaccines to vaccinate 20 million Americans, and others will be vaccinated in the second or third quarter of 2021.
According to an Associated Press report on Nov. 29, beginning Monday, California will implement more restrictive measures. Los Angeles County will implement a closure, which will require 10 million residents to stay home. However, some elementary schools and kindergartens in New York City will resume classes on December 7 and about 190,000 students will return to class.
