As the nation is still recovering from the coronavirus crisis, and with many states along the Sun Belt seeing an alarming rebound in cases, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a key member of the White House coronavirus workforce. – he is reflecting on the future of the disease, his professional experience in the midst of the outbreak, and the balance of keeping cases low while returning to pre-pandemic normalcy.
Talking to Wendy Zukerman, an Australian science journalist, on her podcast “Science vs” Fauci acknowledged his “considerable concern” at the start of the pandemic about how the crisis evolved through the spread of the community. Fauci said he was surprised at how transmissible and variable the coronavirus became.
“I have never seen anything like the virus on the spectrum of what it can do,” he said, referring to the wide range of symptoms that vary between each infected individual.
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He reiterated that young people, who are increasingly involved in the spread of the virus, are becoming more and more serious infections. The fact that it is also highly communicable contributes to it being “the perfect storm,” Fauci said.
Regarding the reopening of multiple states, even as new cases increase, Fauci said he defends the need to implement blockades, but noted the economic difficulties inherent in mitigating the spread of the virus. While he said “it would have been nice” to have more tests before, the closings were effective in mitigating new infections.
“When you shut down the planet for a considerable period of time, you create such system stress from an economic point of view, other health problems that arise when you’re blocked,” he explained. Fauci also acknowledged that there is no uniform impact from the virus.
“The impact in a region varies. New York was hit with an explosive outbreak … through no fault of its own. They have things that spread, ”Fauci said, referring to the city’s massive population indoors.
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But while some less populated areas of the country have not been affected by an outbreak in the country’s main cities, Fauci stressed the need for continued protection and vigilance.
“In those places, if they were not closed, they may have seen an outbreak, and we are seeing evidence of that right now,” he said.
Fauci was referring to some Sun Belt states like Arizona, Florida, and Texas that did not have a massive outbreak at the start of the pandemic as New York City and San Francisco saw it.
“Viruses don’t stop in a small town,” added Fauci.
A complete reopening appears to depend on the successful development of a vaccine, which has accelerated in clinical trials at an unprecedented rate. And while a vaccine arriving in the fall is ambitious, Fauci didn’t rule it out entirely, though he predicted to see results in late 2020 through early 2021.
“If you are saying that we will have one for December, January and February, I would say that it is much more likely that we will have one that is proven and proven to be safe and effective, ”said Fauci.
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