Confirmed to drop by 82%, reinforcement injections do not hit? For the first time, the CEO of Modena admits: the epidemic is over!
The number of confirmed cases in the United States this week fell by nearly half compared with last week, and the number of hospitalizations continued to decline.
At the same time, due to the decline in American fear of the virus, the promotion of Covid-10 needles in the United States has come to an abrupt end, and the vaccination rate has reached an all-time low.
The latest CDC reports that fewer than 200,000 Americans receive boosters of the COVID-19 vaccine every day. This is since vaccination began in late September, while it has been noted that the third dose of propaganda is no longer as much as in December and January.
As of press time, the current number of cases in the United States has shrunk to 136,241, down 43 percent in the past week and down 83 percent from its peak winter. Most of those diagnosed were mild symptoms, as evidenced by hospitalization rates in various states, but deaths and related deaths still reach an average of 2,264 per day.
Whether it is vaccine immunization or natural immunization, herd immunity in the United States should obviously have reached a certain number value, and the state health care system has not been squeezed at its peak, and it seems that an epidemic is now coming to an end.
On February 16, local time in the United States, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel also joined the "camp" of scientists who are about to end the epidemic.
Experts have long divided the question of whether Oriron will turn the Covid-19 pandemic into a local epidemic, with one that sees Omicron as the last stop for the pandemic and the other insisting that there are more horrific variants in the future.
As a vaccine manufacturer, Moderna has always maintained cautious forecasts.
Bancel told CNBC he believes the next strain after Omicron won't be as drastic as the highly infectious, vaccine-resistant strain, and the way the variant is currently depleted is a positive sign of moving forward.
"There's an 80 percent chance that as Omicron evolves or the [Covid] virus evolves, we're going to see viruses less and less virulent," he said. ”
Looking back now, when vaccination is deadlocked in 2021 and everyone feels that there is no end to the overall immunization, will you think of the emergence of Omicron? It speeds up people's immune systems and gives us two dark months, but in the end, is humanity lucky or unlucky because of this mutation?
Bancel said: "I think our world is very lucky, Omicron is not very toxic, if it is a violent virus, then we may not be able to optimistically predict the future." But even so, we still see thousands of people around the world dying every day because of Omicron.
The new strain was first discovered by South African officials in late November and quickly became popular around the world. It led to a surge in Covid cases in much of the Western world, with infection rates in the United States soaring to a record of 800,000 per day in mid-January.
However, the Omicron burned out quickly and is running out. Currently, Omicron's death toll isn't the same as the Delta variant in the summer or the Covid surge in the winter of 2021, confirming once again that the strain is milder than previous versions of the virus and that the U.S. population is now largely immune to it.
Experts hope that its high infection rate, combined with the relatively mild nature of the variant, will bring the end of the pandemic to the brink of extinction.
The variant infects so many people that a large portion of the global population now has natural immunity to it, and with the increasing number of vaccinated people, the two parts combined, the virus has run out of the way.
Some experts believe that the "pandemic" phase of Covid will end before the end of the year, and humans will be able to coexist with the virus as if they were the flu.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, whose vaccine is Moderna's biggest competitor in Western markets, also believes that this phase can be reached in the near future, provided that people without antibodies are vaccinated as soon as possible.
Since the end of last year, the entire United States, the United Kingdom and many other European countries have been hit by Omicron, and cases have dropped rapidly.
The drop in cases has led many to hope that U.S. federal health officials will follow Europe's lead, as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and other European countries with similar trends have done to loosen the restrictions on the covid-19 pandemic.
With California joining the abolition of indoor masks today, almost all state-level mask orders across the united states have been loosened.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former director of the Food and Drug Administration and current board member of Pfizer, told CNBC last week that after nearly two years of Covid, repealing the regulations would be a relief for Americans and allow schools to reach "normal status" again.
Still, federal leaders have been hesitant to change the guidelines. Last week, CDC Director Rochelle Valensky confirmed that her agency still supports the universalization of masks in schools and supports people wearing face coverings in indoor public places. President Joe Biden also said last week that he would support the CDC's decision to retain guidance on masks.
Masks have not always been a "burden" for the Chinese, and wearing them or not is only a matter of action; but for most Americans, cultural disapproval and mandatory government decisions have become the reasons why people oppose wearing masks.
Finally, from the perspective of Europe, there may be a small rebound after the lifting of the mask order, but the final trend will continue to decline. However, the situation in the United States is more special, after all, at the same time that the Blue State of the United States lifted the ban, the Red State has not implemented a mandatory mask order, and the states are not closed and independent, so the "Mask Order" may have long existed in the United States. What do you think? Hello everyone! I am Lin Xiaoyu in the United States, regularly share the latest information in the United States and the feelings of American life, welcome to pay attention to! # Overseas Chinese # # America # # American News # #美国疫情最新快报 #
