Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday (March 29) that the United States is facing an “impending doom” as the number of daily Covid-19 infections begins to rebound again. The head of the CDC said Monday (March 29) that the United States is facing an “impending doom of terror” as the number of daily Covid-19 infections begins to rebound. Even with accelerated vaccination efforts across the U.S., more people could be hospitalized as a result.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a news conference, according to CNBC, “When I first started at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about two months ago, I promised you that I would tell you the truth, even if it wasn’t what we wanted to hear. news, I would tell you the truth. Now is one of those moments when I have to share those truths, and I hope and trust that you will listen carefully.”
Varensky said, “I’m going to pause here, and I’m going to throw out this speech. I’m going to reflect on what I foresee, the feeling of impending doom for the horrific prospect.” “We have a lot to look forward to, we have a lot of hope and potential, we have a lot of reasons to be hopeful, but right now I’m scared.”
Weekly records show an average of 63,239 new cases of CCHD infection in the U.S. each day, a 16 percent increase from a week ago, according to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University by NBC Financial. The number of daily infections has now increased by at least 5% in all 30 states and the District of Columbia across the United States.
The number of hospitalizations for CCHD infections is also climbing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of Friday (March 26), the 7-day average number of hospitalizations in the U.S. for CCP infections was 4,816, an increase of 4.2 percent from the previous week.
Walensky called on Americans to “hang in there a little longer” and get the antiviral vaccine as soon as it’s their turn to be vaccinated. When the number of infections rises above the level of the past week or the same, it tends to “increase dramatically” shortly thereafter, Walensky said.
Valensky said, “I’m speaking today, not necessarily as your CDC director, or not just as your CDC director, but as a wife, mother and daughter, and I ask you to hang in there a little bit longer.”
Top public health experts have been warning since late February that the number of infections could rear its ugly head again as variants of the Chinese Communist virus increase. These variants of the virus could sweep through the United States as well, just as they have in Europe.
The B.1.1.7 variant of the virus, first detected in the United Kingdom, has been detected in all states except Oklahoma, according to the latest data from the CDC. The agency is still keeping a close eye on another variant of the virus, strain B.1.526, found in New York City, which is also believed to be more contagious than previous variant strains, Walensky said last week.
However, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House chief medical adviser, said Sunday (March 27) that the tricky virus mutation is not the only reason for the increase in infections.
A growing number of Americans are tired of restrictions against the outbreak, reassured by the Life-saving vaccines they are taking on spring break and traveling. Leaders in some states are also rolling back restrictions, including the requirement to wear masks, that were designed to slow the spread of the virus.
“We’re serious and concerned about the variants (of the virus), but the variants are not the only problem,” Fauci said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Vaccine rollout accelerates
Progress on the U.S. vaccine rollout had been more optimistic before Walensky’s stern warning.
Andy Slavitt, senior White House adviser for outbreak response, said that on a weekly average, the U.S. is now administering 2.7 million vaccines a day, which is “significant progress” that will help meet President Joe Biden‘s new goal of administering 200 million vaccines within 100 days of taking office. This will help achieve President Joe Biden’s new goal of administering 200 million vaccines within 100 days of taking office.
That’s good news,” Slavitt said. We’re moving in the right direction, but we can’t slow down. There are still millions of people who have not yet been vaccinated and are at risk.”
Currently, more than 72 percent of Americans age 65 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and nearly half of this age group has been fully vaccinated. More than a third of American adults have received at least one shot, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new study by the agency Monday found that vaccines made by Pfizer (still) and Moderna proved to be very effective, even with just one dose.
The study, which surveyed nearly 4,000 health care workers, first responders and front-line workers between Dec. 14 and March 1, found that a single dose of the vaccine was 80 percent effective in preventing infection with the CCHS virus.
However, federal health officials insisted that two doses of the vaccine were more effective than one. And they added that within two weeks of the second injection, the vaccine’s effectiveness jumped to 90 percent.
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