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Professor Martin Makary (left) – Screenshot
In an article on the sheet Wall street journal On February 20, Professor Makary pointed to signs that the COVID-19 epidemic was about to end in the US, which is currently the largest epidemic area in the world.
The Johns Hopkins University professor notes that the number of new infections per day in the US has decreased by 77%, from January 2021 to the present.
“With the current trajectory, I believe that the translation will finish at the end of April, which will allow Americans to return to a normal life,” predicted Makary. One of the reasons given by Mr. Makary is the emergence of the COVID-19 vaccine and the accelerated immunization efforts of the United States government.
According to Mr. Makary, although there are more than 28.7 million cases, there are almost 19 million cures, which means that there are 19 million people with COVID-19 antibodies in the United States.
Mr. Makary stated that the number of people with antibodies through cure and vaccination will contribute significantly to building community immunity in the United States this spring. “When the chain of infection is cut in many places, it becomes even more difficult for the virus to spread, including new strains.”
Some infectious disease experts and the White House are less optimistic than Professor Makary, according to the radio. Fox News. These people are predicting at least until the end of December this year for the United States to achieve public immunity.
Professor Marty Makary is a public health specialist and has an important voice in the American community of physicians and healthcare professionals, according to Johns Hopkins University. In addition to teaching, he was also elected a member of the National Institute of Medicine.
He has over 250 scientific articles and has written many articles for major US newspapers, such as Wall Street Journal, USA Today you are interested in cancer and creative ways to help more people access the healthcare system.
United States President Joe Biden visited Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine factory in Kalamazoo City, Michigan on February 19 – Photo: REUTERS
However, the United States could accelerate the rate of community immunity if it follows the recommendations of a recently published study.
Newspaper New York Times On February 20, citing research, it was confirmed that people who had already had COVID-19 and recovered from the disease still need a vaccine. However, they only need 1 dose of vaccine instead of 2 doses like normal people. The reason is that these people already have antibodies.
“Research shows that this group only needs to inject 1 dose is enough to increase the strength of antibodies in the body, enough to destroy new strains of the corona virus, including super-infectious variants.” New York Times research extracted.
The United States has only registered about 2,000 new infections
According to the statistics site worldometers.info, at 9:30 pm on February 21 (Vietnam time), there were more than 111,735,223 cases of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19, of which 2,473,853 people were infected. The number of infected people recovered globally to date is more than 86,904,436, while the number of people being treated is more than 22,299,997 cases.
The number of new infections in the US on February 20 was just 1,922, but with 28,706,473 cases and 509,875 deaths, the United States remains the country hardest hit by the epidemic in the world.
In second place is India with 10,991,651 cases, of which 156,339 cases do not survive. Brazil followed with 10,139,148 cases and 246,006 deaths.