COVID-19 Will Rage 'Like A Forest Fire' In Unprepared America, Top Doc Warns
COVID-19 will rage “like a forest fire” in a U.S. that has no
clear plan to deal with it and has regressed to a dismissive,
“pre-pandemic”
attitude, a top infectious disease expert said Sunday.
clear plan to deal with it and has regressed to a dismissive,
“pre-pandemic”
attitude, a top infectious disease expert said Sunday.
America’s leadership is unfocused, Dr. Michael Osterholm told
Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” unlike other parts
of the world that remain vigilant against the pandemic.
Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” unlike other parts
of the world that remain vigilant against the pandemic.
The spread of COVID-19 is “like a forest fire,” warned
Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious
Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious
Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
“I don’t think that this is going to slow down. I think that
wherever there is wood to burn, this fire is going to burn.
And right now we have a lot of susceptible people,” he said.
wherever there is wood to burn, this fire is going to burn.
And right now we have a lot of susceptible people,” he said.
“I don’t see this slowing down through the summer or into the fall.
I don’t think we’re going to see one, two and three waves. I think
we’re going to just see one very, very difficult forest fire of cases.”
I don’t think we’re going to see one, two and three waves. I think
we’re going to just see one very, very difficult forest fire of cases.”
Other nations have “done a much better job” of stopping the
spread of COVID-19, said Osterholm.
spread of COVID-19, said Osterholm.
“We haven’t done that. ... We just have not really gotten
the message across to the public yet that
this is a very serious issue. We can’t shut down our
economy, but we just can’t suddenly say we’re done with”
COVID-19, he added.
the message across to the public yet that
this is a very serious issue. We can’t shut down our
economy, but we just can’t suddenly say we’re done with”
COVID-19, he added.
A number of states are now dealing with record daily
increases of COVID-19 cases because “everybody’s back to a
pre-pandemic mindset,” Osterholm pointed out.
increases of COVID-19 cases because “everybody’s back to a
pre-pandemic mindset,” Osterholm pointed out.
He noted the U.S. lacks a national plan that “really puts
together what we’re trying to do” — leaving states to impose
a patchwork of different responses.
together what we’re trying to do” — leaving states to impose
a patchwork of different responses.
“To hear the fact that we don’t want to do testing is wrong.
Absolutely, we should be testing as much as possible,”
Osterholm said. “Once we do have these positive tests,
what are we doing to make sure that additional
transmission isn’t occurring? How do we do contact tracing?”
Absolutely, we should be testing as much as possible,”
Osterholm said. “Once we do have these positive tests,
what are we doing to make sure that additional
transmission isn’t occurring? How do we do contact tracing?”
President Donald Trump said at his campaign rally in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, on Saturday that he told his “people” to reduce
testing in order to suppress reports of increased cases.
Oklahoma, on Saturday that he told his “people” to reduce
testing in order to suppress reports of increased cases.
“When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find ...
more cases,” Trump explained. “So I said to my people,
’Slow the testing down, please.’”
more cases,” Trump explained. “So I said to my people,
’Slow the testing down, please.’”
This is the President admitting on national TV to putting his need to not look bad above American lives. He acknowledges what we’ve seen—active obstruction of testing in a pandemic which claimed 120K lives so far. If I did this for 10 people at my hospital, it’d be a crime. twitter.com/Acyn/status/12…
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