Living in the shadow of a COVID-19 volcano : King County health official warns about more contagious strain Brit Moorer, Glenn Farley
King County Dr. Jeff Duchin warns: We need to expect the coronavirus equivalent of a Mount St. Helen’s-like eruption
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A King County health official said we re living in the shadow of a COVID-19 volcano as Washington state prepares for a more contagious variant to become widespread.
Dr. Jeff Duchin, leader of Public Health Seattle & King County, likened a new strain of coronavirus to one of Washington s greatest natural disasters.
“We need to expect the coronavirus equivalent of a Mount St. Helen’s-like eruption at some time in the next few months,” Duchin said.
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As each month passes amid this ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the daily number of infections has continued to march in one direction only steadily upward.
In the latest rolling seven-day period, the United States is averaging about 215,000 new cases per day, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last Saturday, a grim new record was set when nearly 300,000 new cases were reported, and the cumulative death toll surpassed more than 350,000 on the same day.
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With nearly 78,000 deaths, December was the deadliest month of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
How will January fare? It appears that more misery is in the offing as the nation’s top health officials have warned that even more people will likely die this month despite vaccine campaigns ramping up in many states.
America could reach herd immunity by the end of 2021.
Herd immunity is once again becoming a trending topic, but this time, it is because of the fluctuating percentages to achieve that important milestone.
Over the weekend, White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci contended that the percentage of the population that would need to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in order to achieve herd immunity would range “between 70 and 85 percent.”
Previously, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said 70 to 75 percent.
“We have to realize that we have to be humble and realize what we don’t know. These are pure estimates and the calculations that I made, 70 to 75 percent, it’s a range. The range is going to be somewhere between 70 and 85 percent,” Fauci said in an interview on CNN’s
Are China’s Coronavirus Vaccines Safe?
Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed that the country’s vaccines will help the world end the months-long pandemic. The international community, however, isn’t fully sure.
China already has six coronavirus vaccine candidates in late-stage trials and is considered one of the few nations that can manufacture vaccine doses on a global scale.
As government officials have announced a capacity of one billion doses for next year, Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed that the country’s vaccines will help the world end the months-long pandemic.
The international community, however, isn’t fully sure.