{"id":386137,"date":"2021-12-27T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fauci-warns-against-complacency-says-omicron-will-drive-covid-cases-much-higher\/"},"modified":"2021-12-27T01:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:04:00","slug":"fauci-warns-against-complacency-says-omicron-will-drive-covid-cases-much-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fauci-warns-against-complacency-says-omicron-will-drive-covid-cases-much-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Fauci warns against complacency, says omicron will drive COVID cases \u2018much higher\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c2036dec54\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span 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class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Though_omicron_variant_may_be_less_severe_sheer_numbers_of_patients_could_swamp_hospitals\"><\/span>\n  Though omicron variant may be less severe, sheer numbers of patients could swamp hospitals<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"article body\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000531337\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" 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weeks.<\/p>\n<p> Omicron is \u00a0\u201cextraordinarily contagious,\u201d the nation\u2019s top infectious disease expert told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/fauci-warns-omicron-cases-higher\/story?id=81919382\" class=\"icon none\">ABC News\u2019 \u201cThis Week\u201d<\/a>: \u201cEvery day it goes up and up. The last weekly average was about 150,000 and it likely will go much higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Noting that new data suggests omicron results in less severe reactions and less likelihood of hospitalizations, Fauci said the sheer numbers could still cause hospitals to be swamped: \u201cIf you have many, many, many more people with a less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetTweet\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1475111394509045761\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       He added that unvaccinated people remain the most at risk. \u201cThose are the most vulnerable ones when you have a virus that is extraordinarily effective in getting to people and infecting them the way omicron is,\u201d he said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci also expressed frustration at the slow pace of COVID-19 testing around the country, saying the U.S. has \u201cgot to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I think things will improve greatly as we get into January, but that doesn\u2019t help us today and tomorrow \u2026 that is something that is of concern,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from Johns Hopkins University, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/vaccines\/us-states\" class=\"icon none\">only 62% <\/a>of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated. To date, more than 52.2 million Americans have contracted the virus, and about 816,000 Americans have died, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/map.html\" class=\"icon none\">Hopkins data<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Mike Murphy\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/mike-murphy\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmmmurf\",\"text\":\"@mmmmurf\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"mailto:mmurphy@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"mmurphy@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Murphy\"><\/span>Mike Murphy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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