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Bill Gates gave his forecast on the Omicron variant.
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Bill Gates’ forecast on the advancement of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is not at all encouraging. Through a series of tweets published this Wednesday night, the Microsoft founder warned, among other things, that the United States “could be entering the worst part of the pandemic.”
Gates, 66, started his extensive reflection on Twitter lamenting the progress of the Omicron variant and telling that many of his friends have already been infected with it, which forced him to rethink the rest plans he had in mind.
“Just when it seemed that life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic. Omicron will come home to all of us. My close friends now have it and I have canceled most of my vacation plans, ”revealed the billionaire.
“Those few months could be serious. But I still believe that if we take the right steps, the pandemic can end in 2022,” Gates said. https://t.co/U4w5IZib2M
– CNN in Spanish (@CNNEE) December 23, 2021
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Gates then said: “Omicron is spreading faster than any virus in history. It will soon be in all the countries of the world ”.
“The big question is how omicron makes you sick. We must take it seriously until we know more about it. Even if it is only half as severe as the delta, it will be the worst increase we have seen so far because it is so infectious, “he suggested through his tweet thread.
Bill Gates predicts “three tougher months” and then a normalization of the COVID situation across the country
If there’s good news here, it’s that omicron moves so quickly that once it becomes dominant in a country, the wave there should last less than 3 months. Those few months could be bad, but I still believe if we take the right steps, the pandemic can be over in 2022.
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) December 21, 2021
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Likewise, Gates anticipated that the new wave of Coronavirus in the United States due to the Omicron variant may extend for the next three months.
Although with a modicum of optimism, Gates said: “Those few months could be serious. But I still believe that if we take the right measures, the pandemic can end in 2022 ”.
Amid his stream of messages, Gates urged society to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the antidote reduces the chances of hospitalization and / or death from the virus. “Vaccines are designed to prevent people from getting seriously ill or dying and they are doing well,” he said.
Finally, he closed his virtual catharsis with a hopeful message: “I know it is frustrating to enter another Christmas season with COVID threatening us. But it won’t be like this forever. Someday the pandemic will end and the better we take care of ourselves, the sooner that moment will come. “
Amid the spread of Omicron in the US, the average number of COVID-19 cases exceeds the peak recorded with the Delta variant
According to the data collected and shared by NBC NewsSince the appearance of the Omicron variant in the United States, the peak of COVID-19 cases reported when Delta was predominant throughout the country has already been surpassed.
New cases of Covid-19 climbed above 242,000 in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to data compiled by @NBCNews, pushing the seven-day average to 167,683 — higher than the peak of the delta variant in early September.https://t.co/EOnzFofsio
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 23, 2021
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This Wednesday, the authorities have reported more than 242 thousand new cases of COVID-19, which brought the average of the last seven days to 167,683, leaving behind the peak of the Delta variant registered in early September.
The latest report showed 2,030 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the count of NBC News, and the country suffered no more than 2,000 deaths for two days in a row since the beginning of October.
The good news this Thursday came when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Merck’s antiviral pill against COVID-19 for emergency use, a treatment that adds to the previously approved Paxlovid pill. , manufactured by Pfizer.
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