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If there is a person to listen to in times of coronavirus it is the experts who are dealing directly with the subject, such as the doctor Anthony Fauci, who has advised six American presidents during different epidemics.
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Now, the doctor took the time to speak to one of the most popular comedians, Trevor Noah, to whom he explained key points about the pandemic that is happening around the world.
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Fauci explained that respiratory diseases with a high mortality rate and a high contagion rate is one of the immunology expert’s biggest nightmares.
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“When people have asked me what worries me most of all when it comes to infectious diseases, it is a respiratory disease that can be transmitted from person to person and has a high mortality rate. And unfortunately that is the worst nightmare you can have, “he explained.
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And, although the mortality of this one cannot be compared with many other diseases, since it is about 1%, in any case it is a disease that greatly threatens individuals.
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“With this disease (coronavirus), which is similar to influenza in some respects, but in others it is very different: it is transmitted very easily, it can even spread when you have no symptoms, so it is insidious and treacherous. Lto another part that in reality is very different from what we have faced before, is that if you look at the mortality of seasonal flu, what each season gives us. Mortality is 0.1%, that’s a lot, and we got used to that mortality. But heThe mortality of this is 10 times greater, at least 1%. Is a disease that is not only easily transmitted, but can also be devastating for a subset of the population: seniors, those who suffer from heart, lung or diabetes conditions. It can be very serious for them, with a very large mortality range, “explained the doctor.
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Another debate that has been on everyone’s lips is that of young people who have ignored coronavirus prevention measures, as they continue to have meetings in closed spaces, living closely together, the rate of young people deceased does not compare to that of older adults.
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“They are not understanding two very important things. First: although you are young you are not absolutely invulnerable. We are seeing cases of young people, where the majority have another disease, but several do not. People in their 30s and 40s who are coming to the hospital and who want intensive care. Still, there is an overwhelming population of seniors with other illnesses. But sometimes you will have a young person, so if you think you are completely invulnerable you are wrong. Second: Even if you don’t get seriously ill, you can become infected with relatively few symptoms or be asymptomatic.. But later you can infect a person, which can then infect a vulnerable person who will die. It is the typical example: ‘I am young and healthy’, but then you go home and infect the grandmother, the grandfather or a sick uncle. So you have a responsibility not only to protect yourself, but you have a social and moral responsibility to protect others. ”Fauci said.
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Ex fauciapplied that the virus has a life span, depending on the surface where it falls, and said that although there are patients with mild symptoms, the important thing is isolation so that it does not spread to anyone else.
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“When there is someone sick, they have to remove themselves from circulation because they can ttransmit by drops or even what we call aerosol, which means that the drop does not fall immediately, but it remains in the air for a while, so you can go into a room, thinking that everything is fine, but then you inhale it. That is not the primary source, the primary will be the drops. But another way is very important, it’s shaking hands, when people make gestures close to the hand, and it’s very innocent. But they shake your hands or touch a door knob, but that’s the thing. You don’t want to be obsessive compulsive about cleaning everything you touch, ”he declared.
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The expert also stressed the label of personal hygiene that has to be today and has to be much stricter. However, he clarified that he should not reach a point of paranoia.
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“One of the real bad actors is someone who opens a door and 15 minutes later, because we know that the virus can live in inanimate objects like steel and plastic, for at least a few hours. That’s one of the reasons why besides keeping two meters away, you don’t want to shake someone else’s hands, just let him go for a while. And wash your hands as often as you can because you may have inadvertently touched something. I don’t think we should be completely obsessed with packages that reach us because on those types of surfaces, the virus could live there for a small amount of time, but people wonder if they should go for a package to a supermarket that says’ made in China ‘, but I would not worry about that that is not the problem. You have to worry about the closeness and wash your hands“, said.
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For now, there is no cure for this new virus strain, however the doctor assured that they are authorizing the clinical trials that are necessary, to rush to find an answer for this disease. For now, people should not make purchases of other drugs that have been prompted by rumors as this can have catastrophic consequences both for those who need the drugs, and for the person who uses them.
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“Now, there is no direct healthy and effective therapy for coronavirus. There are countless clinical trials that are trying to buy randomized trials, but there is no definitive answer to what works or not. Superimposed on that, there are drugs that are already approved for other things, like hydroxychloroquine that works for malaria, and for other autoimmune diseases. Of which there have been stories where people more or less think they work, but haven’t really tried it. That has come out on the internet, so people are very excited because these drugs generally seem safe and generally they are, but they do have toxicity. Many people then want the drug, even if it has not been approved, just in case it could help them. You have to be careful, because you do not want to remove that medicine from the market for people who really need it, and on the other hand if there is any toxicity. That is why we are pushing to get as many trials as possible to prove that it works, and it does get the drug for everyone, ”he said.
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In addition, the Cornell University graduate explained that the virus acts in unexpected ways, making it difficult to calculate how long the quarantine must end. Well, although there were different measures to other countries, the progression of the disease has been very different than in Italy or China.
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“The virus is the clock, so people arbitrarily say that in two weeks we will be fine, but it depends on the kinetics of the outbreak. Now, take New York City for example, they are taking a hard hit and the kinetics of the outbreak are on the rise. You can’t predict when it will make that turn and go down. If you look historically at countries that have already gone through the full cycle, it took eight weeks in China for it to go up and down completely. In Korea it was the same, so if you see it for each individual country and being a country as big as we are here in the US, we are like a group of small countries. New York by itself could be considered a country, California too. So it is unpredictable to come close to what we can say about this cycle, it is normally measured in several weeks, sometimes, when you are in the cycle you can be two to three weeks before it starts to turn, “he said.
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In addition to this, he explained why New York has been the most affected city: “The nature of the city, the crowds, the fact that at the beginning of the outbreak it was thanks to the influx of other countries. China was the index country that entered. New York is the travel center of the country, so clearly we had a lot of cases come in. ”
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For now, Fauci He explained that it is not 100% known if people who have already been infected and have recovered with immune systems, but due to the behavior of other viruses that he knows, “You can bet” that the recovered are protected against a relapse.
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The government’s priority is to be a facilitator of options so that the public can access solutions safely and effectively.
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“He federal government is a facilitator, is a provider and a support and this is how things should be and is what we are starting to see now, how we are catching up with things that we had not done well in the beginning. Now we have a lot more evidence and the private industry is getting involved. The government is not doing them, but it is the private industry that does them. The fans that are needed are coming from a reserve but the companies are doing more. So in truth it is a marriage between the federal government as facilitator and support of where the real action is at the state level ”, he concluded.
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