In the past three weeks, the U.S. has averaged more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths per day.
“Covid is now the No. 3 cause of death in the U.S. – ahead of accidents, injuries, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many, many other causes,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in the US, according to the CDC.
The death toll from Covid-19 is also much higher in the U.S. than in many other countries, Frieden said.
“Last week, Americans were eight times more likely to kill Covid than Europeans were,” he said.
Less testing = more infected people running
Just as more students are returning to school, health experts are worried about a disruptive trend: declining tests combined with high test-positive scores.
In other words, Covid-19 is still very widespread, but there are fewer tests to find and isolate cases.
Fifteen states conducted fewer tests this week compared to the previous week: Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Washington state, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Alaska .
“The test situation is not good in the United States. What we do not pick up are people who are contagious,” said Dr. William Haseltine, president and president of ACCESS Health International.
“We probably miss 8 out of 10 people who are infected. And any decrease in testing is worrying because we are not doing it right already. And if you do not choose people from an infected person, then the epidemic. This epidemic is still widespread. ”
Why do some states test less?
Medical experts say there could be several reasons.
“One of the reasons testing is declining is that deliveries are not being sent to places that can be tested. I think it’s part of a strategy to not count how many people are infected,” Haseltine said.
Lack of minority volunteers could delay faxes
That is not nearly enough, because subjects reflect the population that is affected. Research shows that more than half of American Covid-19 cases have been between Black and Latino people.
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So far, phases 1 and 2 have shown that the vaccine is safe. Some volunteers experienced fever and muscle cramps, but after a day or two they felt better.
A quick, inexpensive test just got emergency service approval
There’s some good news: A new detective test could give Americans a quick way to learn if they have Covid-19 – and if they need to isolate it to help prevent it from spreading.
“If cheap alternatives like SalivaDirect can be implemented nationwide, we can finally get a grip on this pandemic, even before a vaccine,” said Nathan Grubaugh, a Yale assistant professor of epidemiology.
“We’ve simplified the test so that it only costs a few dollars for reagent, and we expect labs to only pay about $ 10 per sample,” Grubaugh said.
‘We need to pass on to our young people’
“Recent evidence suggests that children are likely to have the same as higher viral loads in their nasopharynx compared to adults and that children can spread the virus effectively in households and camp settings,” the CDC said.
Outbreaks have also occurred at colleges and universities.
Oklahoma State University said Sunday that at least 23 members of sorority in an off-campus house tested positive for the virus. The entire house is in quarantined isolation and “will be banned from leaving the facility,” the university said.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services defines a cluster as five or more cases in the neighborhood. As of Monday morning, 177 students are in isolation and 349 are in quarantine, both on and off campus. About 30,000 students attend the university.
The school has initially shifted to online learning.
CNN’s Jamiel Lynch, Steve Almasy, Elizabeth Cohen, Dana Vigue, Madeline Holcombe, Lauren Mascarenhas, Carma Hassan and Chandler Thornton contributed to this report.
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