“There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control.” Dr. Fauci warns against places reopening prematurely.
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday that he's worried some states are prematurely reopening businesses and may have " little spikes" in coronavirus cases that erupt into full-blown outbreaks.
Fauci said he's worried that some states are loosening social distancing restrictions even as their Covid-19 cases continue to rise. The White House laid out a plan that allows states to gradually reopen local businesses as cases and hospitalizations decline and testing increases, among other "check points."
Until a vaccine is ready, Fauci said, the country's "Covid-19 response currently is focused on the proven public health practices of containment and mitigation," he said in written testimony submitted ahead of the hearing. Even though there are more than 100 potential vaccines under development, Fauci warned "there's no guarantee that the vaccine is actually going to be effective.
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaking during the U.S. Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on May 12th, 2020.he planned to publicly warn states that prematurely reopening their economies will cause "needless suffering and death."The major message that I wish to convey to the Senate HLP committee tomorrow is the danger of trying to open the country prematurely," Fauci wrote in an email to New York Times health policy reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg.
Hopes to get a vaccine to market are high, but scientists are setting expectations low for how quickly it can happen. Developing, testing and reviewing any potential vaccine is a long, complex and expensive endeavor that could take years, global health experts say.has previously said there could a vaccine by the end of the year, contradicting predictions from his own U.S. health officials and scientists who say it will take a year to 18 months at the earliest.
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