According to new research, U.S. With coronavirus cases once again on the rise, experts believe that the Covid-1 virus is constantly evolving during epidemics.
A new U.S. study analyzes more than 1,000 genetic sequences of the virus, which continue to change as the population spreads. The study did not find that the virus has become more lethal due to mutations or that its effects have changed, although it is becoming easier to catch, according to a Washington Post report that public health experts acknowledge that all viruses have mutations. , Most of which are trivial.
David Morens, a virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the new study should not be overstated, but added that the virus could respond to public health interventions such as social distance.
“All of those things are barriers to transmissibility or contagious infection, but the more contagious the virus becomes, the better it is statistically to overcome those barriers,” he said.
Morens notes that this could mean that the virus remains mutable even after the vaccine becomes available, meaning it must be tinctured with the vaccine – as the flu vaccine changes every year.
Twenty states have experienced more than 5% of their Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
U.S. In Wednesday, 38,304 new cases were seen, bringing the total number of cases in the country to around 6mm. The country has surpassed 200,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, with between 300 and 1,000 deaths in a single day.
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The latest increase in cases has been largely concentrated in the West and Midwest, where states such as Colorado, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Montana are seeing an increase. Texas, which has seen a sharp rise in summer cases, has seen a significant increase in cases in the past few days, with more than 11,000 new cases reported on Monday.
Public health experts say it is too early to say whether the rise in cases as a result of the Labor Day holiday gatherings in early September is short-lived as it is beginning to emerge when the climate in many regions and peoples begins to cool. Head inside the house. Experts warn that in addition to the reopening of K-12 schools and college college campuses, both incidents could lead to an increase in cases.
At a hearing before Congress on Wednesday, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emphasized the data showed that young Americans were leading the way in the case. According to Redfield, people aged 18 to 25 make up 26% of new coronavirus cases – the largest of any age group.
Redfield also said that more than 90% of the American population remains susceptible to COVID-19, shattering any notion of developing widespread immunity.
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