A new poll showed that 49% of Republican men said they would not be vaccinated for Covid-19, and Dr. Vin Gupta said he would “determine the trajectory of this pandemic” to the detriment of all Americans.
“All forecasts right now say that we will go through the worst situations normally by the end of June, at the beginning of July. However, this is conditional on people actually receiving 75% to 80% of the vaccine. of eligible adults up to that time, “Gupta, who works in an intensive care unit, said.” If that’s not the case – if there’s skepticism or so much hesitation – we won’t get there. ”
Gupta, a pulmonary physician and NBC collaborator, showed models from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, which suggests that the United States could experience another 100,000 cases and at least 1,000 deaths a day if rates of eligible adults receiving vaccinated were below projections.
Joe Biden promised a quick return to normalcy during his first speech as prime minister on Thursday night.
“After this long and hard year, it will make this Independence Day something really special, in which we not only mark our independence as a nation, but we begin to mark our independence from this virus,” he said.
Gupta, who is an assistant professor at IHME at the University of Washington, told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that Covid will be something Americans live with and will become more of an endemic virus. means that it will be regularly can be found among the population.
“There will still be transmission of the virus, but people will not get sick and go to the hospital,” Gupta said. “This is the hope that only a small segment of society can remain vulnerable and we can manage this. This will show normalcy; management, not complete eradication.”