But it will be many months before a Covid-19 vaccine might be publicly available — if one becomes effective and available at all.
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday.
“Specifically, I’m addressing the younger members of our society, the millennials and the Generation Z’s,” Redfield said in calling for face coverings.
The rapid surge of infections in Florida is “being driven by that 18 to 35-year-old group,” DeSantis said.
It’s too soon,” Crisp said.
Jen Caudle said she’s seen young patients suffer serious or long-term complications from Covid-19 — including strokes, shortness of breath, fatigue, or the inability to smell and taste long after recovering from the virus.
At least 17 states and the District of Columbia now require people to wear masks in public when social distancing might not be possible.
Arizona, Texas and Florida do not require face masks.
If 95% of Americans wore face masks in public, it could prevent 33,000 deaths by October 1, according to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Why top health officials reversed their guidance on face masks.
Jerome Adams said if you want more businesses to reopen and stay open, wear a mask.
“Some feel face coverings infringe on their freedom of choice- but if more wear them, we’ll have MORE freedom to go out,” tweeted Adams, who was nominated by President Donald Trump.
Exercise and promote your freedom by choosing to wear a face covering!”.
Health experts say the current spikes in new cases coincide with what happened several weeks ago — when states started reopening and many people abandoned safety measures such as wearing masks or social distancing.
With this virus, “one person — on the average — infects three people, and we’re already at 40,000” new cases reported daily, Rodriguez said Tuesday.
That’s not a good idea because some intensive care units are already at or near capacity, Rodriguez said
“People are being admitted to hospital beds and being admitted to ICU (intensive care unit) beds faster than they’re being discharged” due to the coronavirus, said Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association
Humble said he’s worried hospitals will go into “crisis standards of care,” which basically means “lower care for everybody, not just people with Covid-19.”
“We have powerful tools at our disposal — social distancing, wear a face cover in public, and be disciplined about the frequent hand washing,” Redfield said
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