Will vaccines roll out in time to stop emerging variants? Here s what experts say.
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A more contagious variant of the coronavirus called B.1.1.7, which was first discovered in the United Kingdom has now been reported in all 50 states, leading to an uptick in novel coronavirus cases and warnings from health officials against easing restrictions aimed at curbing the virus s spread.
Coronavirus cases continue to rise
The daily number of newly reported U.S. coronavirus cases is climbing once again and is nearing the level of last summer s peak although it s still significantly lower than the record peak reached this winter.
Not enough vaccine to stop COVID-19 surge, expert says
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The US has hit category five hurricane status with the pandemic as the Midwest approaches a fourth wave of cases, Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, said Sunday. Let me say that, at this time, we really are in a category five hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world, Osterholm said on NBC s Meet the Press. At this point, we will see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally since the beginning of the pandemic. In terms of the United States, we re just at the beginning of this surge, we haven t even really begun to see it yet.
Here we go again: Biden campaign COVID alarmist says we re in a Category 5 hurricane Print this article
In today s edition of the Democrats perpetual pandemic, we have another one of Dr. Michael Osterholm s dire warnings about the calamity both near and far of COVID-19.
Osterholm was an adviser to President Joe Biden s 2020 campaign. He is the director for the University of Minnesota s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. You might recall his incessant calls for more lockdowns, and on NBC s
Meet the Press on Sunday, he delivered another banger. First of all, let me say that at this time, we really are in a Category 5 hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world, he said. At this point, we will see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally since the end of the pandemic. In terms of the United States, we re just at the beginning of this surge. We haven t even really begun to see it yet.
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However, some experts aren’t as keen to label the recent uptick as “a true fourth wave. Citing the number of Americans who have already been vaccinated, as well as those who have already been infected with the virus, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb took to CBS’s “Face the Nation” to cast doubt on worries of a fourth wave.
“I think that there’s enough immunity in the population that you’re not going to see a true fourth wave of infection,” Gottlieb said. “What we’re seeing is pockets of infection around the country, particularly in younger people who haven’t been vaccinated and also in school-age children.”
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