“State and local actions, supported by improved treatment, will help build bridges for vaccination and more widespread immunity in 2021,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb and Dr. Mark McClellan wrote in the Wall Street Journal. “Americans are fed up with understanding cowardice, but accepting temporary restrictions will help prevent even more painful personal and economic barriers.”
The former commissioners asked leaders to implement measures such as wearing masks, avoiding rallies and maintaining social distance, as the winter holidays threaten to escalate the case further.
It’s. “It’s more than just going in the wrong direction,” Peter Hotez told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Sunday. “We are on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe.”
States take action
With the dire prospect of a case and hospitalization in the coming months, states are implementing new measures to prevent the spread.
Reg Reagan will launch a two-week “Social Freeze” on Wednesday, which includes a series of measures to limit social gatherings, restaurants and bars to private meals, and to limit the number of people who can gather for the trust. Based organizations, according to the government Kate Brown.
The state of Utah has implemented a statewide mask order, while Ohio brings a strict mask order for businesses.
In the city of Los Angeles alone, more than 1,000 people are hospitalized with the virus.
“The good thing about where we are now is that we’re smarter than we were in March,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Geresti. We understand that this kind of blanket type lockdown, which the trick did, may not be the best way anymore. .
“It’s not about whether the store is open. It’s about your behavior and mine. It’s about whether we’re thinking, ‘Oh, I know that person, so I’m familiar with them. I can hang out with them. … that’s the reason things spread. “
The hospitalization rate affects the staff and patients of each illness
The reason for the increase in cases has been hospitalization, which is a metric that can put a strain on medical resources and provide clues for many patients.
And many states have set hospitalization records over the weekend. Wyoming had a record of both hospitalization and death, with 202 and 17, respectively. That same day, Dallas County, Texas, said it had “record high hospital admissions.”
Dallas County Health and Human Services said about 20% of visitors to the emergency room in the county were for coronavirus symptoms in the week ending Nov. 7..
Brown University Emergency Physician Dr. Megan Rennie told CNN that health care workers are watching their colleagues get sick, and they are “tired and bored and scared.”
“We are paying attention to patients who cannot see their families to say goodbye,” he said. “It’s just the beeping of the machine, the sound of the ventilator.”
He said the impact of the stress on hospitals falls not only on Covid-19 patients, but also on people working with other issues such as cancer, heart attack and stroke.
‘This winter will be difficult’
He said, “This winter will be tough. This winter will not have a big impact on our infection numbers with our vaccine.”
Sahin said that if all goes well, his company will start delivering the vaccine as early as the end of this year, with a target of delivering more than 300 million doses by April 2021.
Speaking to the BBC, Sahin said it was “absolutely essential” that countries “get a higher vaccination rate, until autumn or next year before winter, which means that all vaccinations, vaccinations, should be completed before next autumn.” . ” He said he is confident that “a number of vaccine companies will help us increase supply so that a normal winter will come next year.”
Health experts have expressed concern about the spread in the winter months. As temperatures drop, the flu season increases and people crowd into the house – the chances of infection increase.
CNN’s Jane Selva, Arnaud Siad, Melissa Alonso, Ben Tinker, Holly Yan and Artemis Mostagian contributed to the report.
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