Due to the spread of the delta variant, the number of new infections in the USA and worldwide is increasing again sharply. The US immunologist Fauci warns of an even more dangerous mutation.
Washington – US health expert Anthony Fauci warns of the development of a new, even more dangerous variant of the coronavirus if the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant is not contained.
Fauci told NBC: “If you allow the virus to circulate freely and don’t try to stop it, then sooner or later there is a chance that you will get another variant (…) that will be even more problematic could as Delta. ”If the virus could spread and change further, there was a risk that in the end a variant would develop against which the current vaccines – unlike Delta – would offer no protection.
Vaccination requirements at the local level?
The pandemic must be brought under control, warned the prominent immunologist and presidential advisor. The best way to do this is to have vaccinations. Vaccination requirements at the local level would be helpful.
The director of the US research agency National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, warned that vaccination requirements could make a difference. He told ABC on Sunday that the country was paying the “terrible price” for the fact that so many people were not vaccinated. Considerations to make vaccinations compulsory on a larger scale are the subject of heated political disputes in the USA.
Again significant increase in the USA
Due to the spread of the delta variant, the number of new corona infections in the USA has risen sharply again – to around 100,000 cases on a seven-day average. The situation is particularly tense in countries with low vaccination rates. In the second half of June, the seven-day average was around 11,000 new cases per day. The United States last reported an average of 100,000 new infections every day in February.
According to the US health authority CDC, well over half of the entire population is now fully vaccinated. Almost 59 percent of all citizens have received at least one vaccine dose. After a rapid pace, the vaccination campaign is now making slow progress in view of the widespread skepticism among the population. US President Joe Biden and high-ranking government officials are increasingly desperate for the population to get vaccinated. dpa
