Posted on 03/18/2021 7:27:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday he's concerned about a possible fourth surge in COVID-19 cases as numbers tick up in some states and Europe, which the U.S. has traditionally trailed by about four weeks in its COVID trajectory
Fauci, the nation's chief disease expert, and other Biden administration officials testified before the Senate's Health committee on Thursday about the COVID response, stressing the U.S. is in a race against virus variants to vaccinate Americans as quickly as possible.
Fauci said the situation in the U.S. has improved greatly since the intense spike in cases after the winter holidays, but that he still worries the country will "declare victory" over the virus too soon and relax behaviors that could lead to another surge in the number of cases.
"I’m concerned that if we pull back in our enthusiasm for the fact that vaccines are rolling out, and things look good, if we pull back prematurely, we may trigger another surge. And that would really set us back in all the things that we’re trying to do," he told lawmakers.
Although the U.S. national daily case average continues to fall -- about 32.5% over the last month -- nearly a third of all states have recently seen their average number of cases rise by at least 10%.
Fauci said trends in Europe's number of cases have been a good predictor of trends in the U.S. and should serve as a warning about the importance of staying vigilant about stopping the virus from spreading.
Over the past few weeks, cases have spiked in Poland, France and Italy, provoking increased restrictions, hospitals nearing capacity and school closures.
"Europe is generally about three to four weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of their outbreak.
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What “progress”?
The healthcare industry has had a YEAR to add capacity. Surely there’s no more need to “slow the spread.”
Dr FrankenFauci : ....”IT’S ALIIIIIVVVE ! !”
Another surge may or may not occur.
Well who can argue with that? The man is brilliant...
Fauxi can take a handful of used COVID masks and shove em straight up his sorry, little, PIAPS-loving azz....sideways.
Fear-mongering little weasel just needs to stick it where the sun don’t shine. He has ZERO credibility, and people are tired of his ongoing, constant BS.
Amazing how prophetic he is. It’s almost as if he is releasing...
Yes coming straight across the border.
There could be another COVID surge because of infected and untreated individuals flooding across the border, along with a recurrence of diseases that were all but eradicated here. Any comment on that, Dr. Fauci?
Dr. Mengele cloned himself before dying.
How is he still talking? I thought he was torched by Rand with facts and logic.
Fraudci, not Fauci.
san I punch Fauxci on the nose again?
He can wear 4 masks...
I am concerned about the many covid cases coming across the southern border. That is the only possible wave I see coming.
Yo tonee. STFU!
But, but, Biden has a plan!!! He said so himself before the election.
B
So could a meteor strike on Washington DC. I’ve got just as much proof of that as Fauci has of a fourth surge.
“I am concerned about the many covid cases coming across the southern border. That is the only possible wave I see coming”.
Right!
Are the seven of him out there?
The surge of third world viral vectors probably won’t matter the rate of vaccination is over a million per day now at those rates actual herd immunity will set in some time around the begins of May. Israel has already got their R0 or viral replication rate under one which by definition means the outbreak is ending for them it takes at least a R0 of one for a virus to spread. The USA has a R0 at one time above 4 we are at 1.4 and falling as the vaccines roll out. Israel has real.world data that shows at least the Pfizer version has a 94% effective rate for.asymptomatic and 96% for symptomatic that means less than 6% of a fully vaccinated population is even capable of spreading the bug as Israel R0 shows the hospital’s also reflect it 95% of people in the hospital in Israel are unvaccinated people again real.world.data with now 3 million plus vaccinated in Israel more than half the population. It’s very good news that shows conclusively that once the USA hits above 50% vaccination rates our R0’also should fall.below one and this.bug dies off for lack of hosts.
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