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C.D.C. Director Warns Winter May Be ‘Most Difficult Time’ in U.S. Public Health History Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the C.D.C., predicted that total deaths from Covid-19 could reach “close to 450,000” by February unless a large percentage of Americans follow precautions like mask-wearing. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/1...t-time-in-the-public-health-history-of-the-us C.D.C. officials also warned against holiday travel and outlined ways to shorten recommended quarantine times after possible exposure. The U.K. becomes the first country to approve Pfizer’s vaccine, paving the way for mass inoculations. As hospitalizations and infections surge across the U.S., California officials warn of severe shortages of beds and staff. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Wednesday that the nation is facing a devastating winter, predicting that total deaths from Covid-19 could reach “close to 450,000” by February unless a large percentage of Americans follow precautions like mask-wearing. “The reality is, December and January and February are going to be rough times,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the C.D.C., in an address to the Chamber of Commerce Foundation. “I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation.” The C.D.C. has been posting aggregate forecast models of the potential for a mounting death toll as the pace of the coronavirus outbreaks in various states has accelerated. “We’re in that range potentially now, starting to see 1,500 to 2,000 to 2,500 deaths a day from this virus,” Dr. Redfield said. “The mortality concerns are real, and I do think, unfortunately, before we see February, we could be close to 450,000 Americans” dead from the virus. Dr. Redfield added that the death toll could be lessened if the public would embrace mitigation strategies, most importantly wearing masks. “It’s not a fait accompli,” he said. “We’re not defenseless. The truth is that mitigation works. But it’s not going to work if half of us do what we need to do. Probably not even if three-quarters do.” The death toll in the United States is also approaching another set of dire milestones: The country has reported nearly 275,000 total deaths, and came closer on Tuesday to the single-day death record of 2,752, set in April. Dr. Redfield’s talk occurred on the same day that C.D.C. officials reiterated warnings against holiday travel. The agency also outlined two ways to shorten the recommended quarantine times for people who may have been exposed to the virus, especially those who may choose to travel anyway. Dr. Redfield pointed to a recent C.D.C. report that found that sample counties with mask mandates had a six percent decrease in new cases, while those without mandates saw a 100 percent increase in new cases. He also indirectly criticized President Trump and Scott Atlas, the president’s most recently departed coronavirus adviser. Both mocked mask-wearing and often questioned the usefulness of mask protection against the virus. The C.D.C. was blocked from its plan to require masks on all public transportation, and Dr. Redfield was publicly skewered by the president after saying, at a congressional hearing, that masks might be as protective as a vaccine. On Wednesday, Dr. Redfield alluded to the confusion caused by such mixed public pronouncements. “When you really want to get everybody on board, you’ve got to have clear, unified, reinforced messaging,” Dr. Redfield said on Wednesday. “The fact that we were still arguing in the summer about whether masks work,’’ he said, “was a problem.” “The time for debating whether or not masks work or not is over. We clearly have scientific evidence,” he said, pointing specifically to a C.D.C. study in Kansas that showed areas with mask mandates saw a decline in virus transmission, while those without a mandate saw a 100 percent increase. The C.D.C. director also expressed frustration at states and local jurisdictions that have not adopted mask mandates. They are especially important, he said, to protect people over 40 from those under 40; younger patients may not display such Covid-19 symptoms as fever and coughing, even when they are infectious. Dr. Redfield also recommended that more schools reopen, and said that the C.D.C. would issue guidelines later this week on routine Covid screening for teachers. “I was very disappointed in New York when they closed schools,” he said, adding that he had not seen evidence of clusters of infections from open schools. He said most teachers’ infections can be traced to a spouse or community exposure.
Pretty please, with sugar on top. Wear the fucking mask. Should make a t-shirt of that, with a pic of Harvey Keitel holding his Pulp Fiction coffee mug. And on the back? A pic of Biden waving his hand with the quote, "Will you just shut-up, man?!?" Instant classics.
While they are dying, they can have some of this on their IPAD death monitors to think about, then. Good grief. It only gets better from there.
People would probably listen if they weren't on record for being so wrong so often and changing their mind so many times. No one believes this crap anymore - regardless of whether this forecast will actually be accurate or not (I'll make sure to check).