Another observation has been made that the spread of Corona 19 caused by a mutant virus in the United States around mid-March will be reenacted.
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, appeared on CNN on the 25th local time and said he expects to see a surge of corona19 infections caused by a mutant virus originating from the UK, which has a strong spread in the next few weeks.
“In the United States, B.1.1.7, ie, from the UK, we are seeing a doubling every ten days,” Osterholm said.
“It takes up to eight weeks for the virus to spread to a massive wildfire,” he said. “I’m worried about the third week of March.”
Osterholm, who is also a member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory group, has been a strong warning of the spread of COVID-19 caused by mutations in the United States.
On the 23rd, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy issued a report and made a policy proposal to delay the second vaccination in order to provide a vaccine shield to more people before the spread of mutations hits.
Osterholm suggested that by the end of March, health officials should aim to get at least one vaccination, saying that by the end of March, millions of elderly people aged 65 and over were worried that they would not have received the COVID-19 vaccine at least once.
“We have convincing data that older people have a surprising response after the first dose,” said Osterholm. “This mutation doesn’t wait for us, so we have to get started quickly.”
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