The average age of new coronavirus patients has dropped by about 15 years compared to just a few months ago, as coronavirus rekindles in the United States’ solar belt, said health consultant Anthony Fauci on Monday to the White House.
Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a discussion with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, that the resurgence of cases in the United States is an extension of the epidemic reported for the first time earlier. year, not a second wave.
“It is a serious situation which we must tackle immediately,” he said.
The United States continued to go further than what some thought was its peak earlier this year, reporting thousands of new cases every day. States like Florida and Texas have recently reported thousands of daily infections and increasing hospitalizations.
Cases surged after some states rushed to reopen their economies in May. Many have since reopened, reopened bars, and opened restaurants in restaurants, as many young people disregarded social distancing and recommendations for face masks, officials said.
“The average age of those infected is now a decade and a half younger than it was a few months ago, especially when New York, New Orleans and Chicago were hit very hard,” said Fauci.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the median age of new Covid-19 patients in his state, who reported a record number of new cases over the holiday weekend, has reached a minimum of 33 years of age. In comparison, the median age of a newly diagnosed coronavirus patient in his 50s and 60s in March and April, he said at a press conference on Monday.
“Now why is it important?” Well, because it is a virus that does not affect all age groups in the same way. It is much more deadly for people between the ages of 80 and 90 than in their twenties and thirties, “he said.
The mortality rate is significantly lower among Generation Y and Generation Y, he said, adding that many of these cases are asymptomatic. “Just because you are 21 and you may not have any significant symptoms doesn’t mean that you cannot affect other people and I think that is something that concerns us,” a- he declared.
While young people are less likely to develop serious illnesses from Covid-19, Fauci warned that the virus could still “put them out of service for weeks at a time”.
They should also remember that when infected, it is likely that they can spread the disease to people at high risk for serious illness, said Fauci.
“They could infect someone who infects someone, then suddenly the grandmother, grandfather or aunt of someone who receives chemotherapy for breast cancer is infected,” he said. he declares. “You are part of the spread of the pandemic, so it is your responsibility, as well as society, to avoid infection. “
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, has previously warned that coronaviruses are at higher risk for those with underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and significant obesity, than the ‘seen in all age groups.
“We know that we have people in the younger age groups with significant type 1 diabetes and that we may also have people with significant obesity,” Birx said at a group press conference. White House work on June 26. “We know these are risk factors, so risk factors go hand in hand with your co-morbidity, not necessarily with your age. ”
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