Fourth Surge May Be a Second Wave
The CDC announced on April 7 that a coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K is now dominant in the U.S. In some ways, we re almost in a new pandemic, said one prominent public health expert earlier about the more transmissible variant. April 12, 2021, 7am PDT | Irvin Dawid Share B117, the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom in December, is now the most common variant in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, reported Stephanie Soucheray for CIDRAP News on Wednesday, April 7.
Pandemic Geography: What s Going on in Michigan?
Public health experts may speculate about whether the U.S. is headed for a fourth surge or moderate increase in cases, but the resurgence is well underway in Michigan where the virus was spreading the fastest. Only N.Y. has more daily infections. April 4, 2021, 5am PDT | Irvin Dawid Share
Global coronavirus infections are rising rapidly, 23% in the last two weeks, according to The New York Times database on April 3. Steady increases in cases are concentrated in Brazil and surrounding countries, the northern US and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, according to the weekly newsletter posted April 2 by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. These epidemics can be largely attributed to the spread of variants, and in the case of the US, an overly hasty re-opening may be to blame.
Could California see a fourth surge of COVID-19 cases? Share Updated: 8:03 PM PDT Mar 31, 2021 Share Updated: 8:03 PM PDT Mar 31, 2021
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Show Transcript SOME KIND OF SURGE OF ITS OWN. EMILY THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO EMILY: THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. CALIFORNIA IS UNLIKELY TO EXPERIENCE A FOURTH SURGE OF COVID CASES, IF PEOPLE CONTINUE EFFORTS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, SAYS DOCTOR NICOLAS SAWYER. CALIFORNIA IS DOING A GOOD JOB AT CONTINUING TO MASK UP, SOCIAL DISTANCE AND ALSO WE’RE DOING A RATHER GOOD JOB OF GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED. EMILY: SAWYER IS AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN WITH U.C. DAVIS HEALTH. HE’S SEEN THE DROP IN CASES IN STATE DATA, AND IN HOSPITALS. THE LEVEL OF PATIENTS THAT WE’RE SEEING COMING IN WITH COVID-19 IS GREATLY REDUCED. WE’RE SEEING IT, AND WE’RE STILL TESTING MANY, MANY PEOPLE FOR IT, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE JUST NOT THE SAME. EMILY: HE SAYS CALIFORNIANS NEED TO KEEP TAKING THE VIRUS SERIOUSL