US government chief epidemiologist Anthony Fauci this Sunday warned of a ‘recovery’ of coronavirus infections after the Christmas holidays and despite the start of the vaccination campaign to the point that he could get the worst of the pandemic yet.
Fauci was questioned in an interview on CNN whether he believed “the worst is yet to come”. “I believe it,” has confirmed. “It is very likely that there will be a revival after the Christmas and New Year holidays,” he explains.
“We are at a critical time. There could be more pressure on the system with a post-holiday recovery. The trips, the meetings, and the warm new intentions to be together at parties … It’s very difficult for people. not to do that, ”he said.
Fauci himself was vaccinated on December 22 and has assured him that he is doing well. “All that happened to me was six or ten hours after the vaccination, when I started to feel a little pain in my arm. It lasted about 24 hours, maybe a little longer. Then it went away completely. I didn’t have any other kind of effect. harmful, ”he assured.
With regard to the British variant of the coronavirus, Fauci has indicated that “it does not appear” that people become more seriously ill and stressed that “viruses mutate a lot”. “Obviously something that we take very seriously and it is always worrying that there is a mutation, but I think the American population should remember and assume that they are RNA viruses and that they mutate continuously. Most of these mutations have no functional importance, “explained.
The efficacy of vaccines against this new strain is also being studied. “Does it escape the protection elicited by the vaccines we use now? It doesn’t seem to be the case,” he said.
In a different vein, Fauci believes that US President Donald Trump “should be vaccinated.” “The decision whether or not to vaccinate depends on him and the White House doctor … My recommendation, I’ve said on other occasions, is that I vaccinate him. He’s still the president. of the United States. person critical “, has confirmed. Trump is now 74 years old and the coronavirus passed a few weeks ago.
The General Manager of US Public Health, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, has also referred to a possible spike in post-holiday infections and acknowledged “concerns.” “There is always a slight increase after the holidays and sometimes a big increase,” he said on ABC.
That’s why Adams recalled that health authorities recommend taking a test between three and five days after a trip or after going with people without a mask to look for possible asymptomatic cases. In addition, they recommend staying away from vulnerable groups.
In the past 24 hours, the United States registered 8,353 new cases and 96 deaths from the coronavirus, giving a total of 19,000,572 cases and 332,145 deaths from the new disease, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.