US Coronavirus: Cases have declined sharply. These factors will determine how pandemic unfolds from here, group of experts says
CNNCNN — A grim new forecast confirms what experts have been warning amid declining Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations: when it comes to the pandemic, the United States is not yet out of the woods. “But I’m also very worried about these variants, because we have seen in other countries what happens when there is explosive spread of these more contagious variants,” Wen said on CNN’s “Inside Politics.” “I think it’s really critical for us to ramp up vaccinations as much as we can, and in the meantime, do our best to continue with masking, physical distancing – these other measures that we know to be really important in controlling the spread of infection.” In addition to the B.1.1.7 variant, the CDC said Sunday 17 cases of the B.1.351 Covid strain initially seen in South Africa have been found across seven states and in Washington, DC. On CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky emphasized the need for masks and other mitigation measures to safely reopen school. Meantime, Dr. Wen said she found the CDC’s guidance both “good and problematic.” She liked that the guidelines specifically defined levels of transmission for certain mitigation measures to go into place. “If we want students to be in school for in-person learning, the least that we can do is to protect the health and well-being of our teachers,” Wen said, “especially as in so may parts of the country, teachers are already being made to go back to school in poorly-ventilated, cramped areas with many students who may not always be masking and practicing physical distancing.” Walensky noted Sunday the guidance from the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee puts teachers in the Phase 1B category for vaccinations.
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