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Biden’s management is struggling to refocus the nation’s attention on the pandemic as the fall impeachment crusade drags on and newer models expect tens of thousands of Americans to die needlessly this winter from COVID-19.
“This year, almost all [COVID-19] deaths are preventable,” President Biden said Tuesday just before rolling up his sleeves to get his own updated COVID-19 reminder.
Few Americans stick to his example. The White House pushed Hpermiteen as a convenient deadline for Americans to update their bivalent COVID-19 booster, arguing that timing of the dose will allow the immune formula to generate a peak level of antibodies and other immune responses before Americans begin collecting by the fall. and winter holidays, such as Thanksgiving, when the threat of transmission increases. But, a few days before Hpermiteen, only 19. 4 million Americans have gained a bivalent booster, or just 6% of other people eligible for the vaccine, which is loose and available to everyone starting at age five. ancient.
White House officials told the Washington Post that the administration is preparing for between 30,000 and 70,000 COVID-19 deaths this winter, nearly all of which could be prevented through vaccines, remedies and measures. It showed measures of fitness than transmission, such as masking, step forward ventilation and distancing. The limit of decline in the estimate of the death toll reflects existing deaths, which still average more than 350 per day.
Meanwhile, virologists have warned of upcoming winter waves fueled by subvariants of omicron that bypass the immune formula and compete for dominance. So far, BQ. 1. 1 and XBB stand out as the maximum in the world. It could help cause a winter wave of infection here.
But, since transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is still higher globally, there is also the option of an unforeseen variant emerging and sweeping the planet as the original omicron, BA. 1, did last year. November 2021, but by the end of December, the ultra-transmissible variant had already begun its rampant spread in the United States, triggering what would be the nation’s largest wave of infections and hospitalizations from the pandemic and killing tens of thousands.
Given the bleak outlook, officials told the Post that White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain held an urgent meeting last week to try to turn the tide of the referendum. The final results of the assembly, the “Fall Playbook,” announced Tuesday in an attempt to encourage the use of reminders. The plan includes targeted outreach to encourage more older and other vulnerable people; Bring Walgreens, DoorDash, and Uber in combination to bring loose delivery of COVID-19 treatments, like Paxlovid, to underserved communities. and getting pharmacies to inspire their consumers to get vaccinated against falls.
But epidemiologists have long noted that many of the administration’s moves run counter to its existing efforts to get more Americans to take the ongoing pandemic seriously and stay current on their vaccines. In general, many have criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House for shifting the focus of fitness policy from public fitness to non-public selection and individual threat assessments. It was also last month when President Biden said “The pandemic is over” on national television.
Recent polls show that many Americans are apathetic about the state of the pandemic and reluctant to continue receiving reminders. Some are also confused. In a Kaiser Family Foundation survey last month, 40 percent of fully vaccinated adults said they didn’t know if dual booster was for them and another 11 percent said they didn’t. To be clear, bivalent boosters are for everyone who received the full vaccine. adults, as well as fully vaccinated Americans five years of age and older. A survey conducted this month by Monmouth University found that only 33% of adults plan to get a bivalent retirement at some point.
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