Dr. Fauci warns young people of Covid-19 risks and says crisis could match 1918 flu; Infectious disease expert says young people socializing are ‘inadvertently part of the problem’

The Guardian ^ | 07/14/2020 | Kenya Evelyn in Washington and Jessica Glenza

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Top US public health expert Anthony Fauci warned on Tuesday that the global coronavirus outbreak could be as bad as the 1918 flu pandemic, calling that catastrophe “the mother of all pandemics”, which killed more than 50 million people worldwide.

Facing increasing attacks from Donald Trump and White House officials, Fauci spoke to Georgetown University students in Washington on Tuesday about the coronavirus pandemic and its risks to young people.

“We have a serious situation here in the United States,” Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said at the online event.

The US has so far witnessed more than 3.4m cases of Covid-19 and more than 136,000 deaths, with cases now rising in 37 states; record numbers of new cases in Florida, Arizona and Texas; and California shutting down many businesses statewide after recent reopenings.

Fauci warned students at Georgetown that young people must not be “part of the problem”.

“There is an understandable situation where a young person could say, ‘You know, statistically the chances of my getting into trouble by getting infected are much smaller than an elderly person,’” he said.

Many young people, he said, might feel they would “rather be there sipping a margarita in a crowd”, but “to get it under control means you don’t let yourself get infected, and you don’t spread to anybody else”, Fauci said.

He added: “I say that with some trepidation, because I’m not blaming anyone, and I think people do this innocently. They don’t mean to be part of the problem, but inadvertently they are part of the problem.”

It was another instance of the senior public health official, who has been barred from major media appearances in recent weeks, finding other ways to address the public.

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> “There are studies that indicate that, unlike the flu, this virus can cause lasting significant damage to the heart and lungs for anyone who gets it—not a good thing—you really don’t want to get this virus if you can avoid it.”

...you really don’t want to get this virus IF you can avoid it.

Why the IF?

So let's get this straight. You are now saying you are aware there are therapeutics that can treat and prevent the disease, yet you advise not to get the virus disease without mentioning it can be avoided?

Why would you not write "studies report you can avoid effects of the virus using an inexpensive protocol?"

You don't need to respond. It's put out there to fill a gap for interested readers wanting to learn.

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