Dr .. Kavita Patel predicted that the 4th of July would mark a turning point or inflation in the fight against covid for the United States.
Patel told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” on Thursday evening, “If we can get the immunity of that mob … we will be able to suppress the activity of the virus from the influenza virus to visible levels.” The former Obama administration policy assistant added, “Out of the epidemic and the kind of global crisis, moving to a local where it’s a regular part of what we do is something we can fully expect.”
While his predictions were in line with President Biden’s goal of bringing the nation back to some normalization by Independence Day, he noted that a regular booster or covid vaccine may need to keep moving, especially as transmissible variants spread.
Pfizer released new data from Israel, suggesting that its two-shot vaccine is about 97% effective in preventing pathological covid cases and 94% effective against asymptomatic cases. The analysis showed a high level of protection against the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant from the UK, which is the highest in the U.S. Is also spread in.
As of Friday morning, one in 10 Americans has been fully vaccinated – and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of more than 98 million doses have been given nationwide. The agency said 62% of all Americans aged 65 and over have received at least one dose and about a third of them have been fully vaccinated.
Patel expects the Food and Drug Administration to give full approval to Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines “soon”, especially as more data is collected. U.S. for crisis All have been cleared.
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