The average age of new coronavirus patients has decreased by about 15 years compared to just a few months ago as coronavirus reactivates in the United States’ Solar Belt, the White House health adviser said Monday. Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a question-and-answer discussion with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, that the resurgence of cases in the United States is an extension of the outbreak. that was first reported previously. year, not a second wave.
“It is a serious situation that we must address immediately,” he said.
The United States has continued to move beyond what some believed was its peak earlier this year, reporting thousands of new cases every day. States like Florida and Texas have recently reported daily infections in thousands and increasing hospitalizations.
Cases increased after some states rushed to reopen their economies in May. Since then, many have reopened, re-closing bars and dining in restaurants, as many young people ignored social distancing and facial mask recommendations, authorities say.
“The average age of people getting infected now is a decade and a half younger than a few months ago, particularly when New York, New Orleans and Chicago were hit hard,” Fauci said.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the average age of new Covid-19 patients in his state, which reported a record number of new cases over the holiday weekend, has reached a minimum of 33 years. In comparison, the average age of a newly diagnosed patient coronavirus in his 50s and 60s in March and April, he said at a news conference on Monday.
“Now why is it so important? Well, because this is a virus that does not affect all age groups equally. It is much more deadly for people in their 80s and 90s than they are in their 20s and 30s,” he said. .
The death rate is significantly lower between generation Y and the millennium generation, he said, adding that many of those cases are asymptomatic. “Just because I’m 21 and I don’t have significant symptoms doesn’t mean it can’t affect other people and I think that’s something that concerns us,” he said.
While youth are less likely to develop serious Covid-19 diseases, Fauci warned that the virus could still “put them out of action for weeks at a time.”
They should also remember that when they are infected, there is a chance that they could transmit the disease to people at high risk for serious disease, Fauci said.
“They could infect someone who infects someone, and suddenly someone’s grandmother, grandfather, or aunt who is getting chemotherapy for breast cancer gets infected,” she said. “You are part of the spread of the pandemic, so it is your responsibility to yourself and society to prevent infection.”
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, previously warned that coronavirus represents an increased risk for people with underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and significant obesity, seen in all age groups.
“We know that we have people in the younger age groups with significant type 1 diabetes and we can also have people with significant obesity,” Birx said at a White House task force news conference on June 26. “We know that these are risk factors, so the risk factors go with their comorbidity, not necessarily their age.”
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