The rapid increase in the rate of contamination by the new coronavirus in the south of the United States is a “serious problem”, warned Anthony Fauci, director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases on Friday. “We have a serious problem in certain areas,” said Dr. Fauci, the most listened to expert of the American government on the pandemic, at a press conference of the cell of crisis on the coronavirus of the White house.
He called on young people in particular for individual responsibility, stressing that they live in an “interconnected” society: “If you are infected, you will infect someone else, who will infect someone else”.
“And in the end, you will infect someone vulnerable, it could be a grandmother, a grandfather, an uncle in chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or a child with leukemia,” he said.
At the same press conference shortly before, Vice President Mike Pence tried to reassure the Americans about the current situation, saying it had nothing to do with the start of the pandemic in northeastern Canada. countries in March and April.
“About half of the new cases are Americans under the age of 35, which is encouraging news,” said Mike Pence.
“We are in a much better position. The truth is that we slowed down the transmissions, we flattened the curve,” said the vice president.
He called on young Americans to follow the instructions for physical distance and hygiene, but he did not quote the wearing of the mask.
He later defended the organization of campaign rallies by President Donald Trump in the name of “freedom of expression”.
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