The U.S. might be going into a more hazardous duration in the coronavirus crisis as the nation heads towards winter and temperature levels fall, according to a health-care leader.
“We’re seeing much higher growth in cases all over the northern part of the U.S., and the northern part of the U.S. is just a teaser for what happens when it gets cold throughout the rest of the country, as it is going to shortly,” stated Andy Slavitt, previous acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“As families consider getting together for Thanksgiving, they really need to think twice about bringing their elderly parents and their younger kids and college kids in contact with one another,” he informed CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Monday. “Because I think we’re about to go through our most dangerous time here in the U.S.”
More than 8.6 million individuals in the United States have actually been contaminated by Covid-19, with a brand-new day-to-day record of 83,757 cases reported on Friday, according to information assembled by Johns Hopkins University.
Experts, consisting of White House coronavirus consultant Dr. Anthony Fauci, have actually alerted that winter season might be challenging, with events most likely to happen inside.
I believe there will be light at the end of the tunnel after we survive winter season.
Andy Slavitt
previous acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Slavitt stated the variety of cases might not be as high as it remained in the earlier part of the year, however that the health-care system might be much more overloaded this time due to the fact that employees are currently tired out from months of fighting the infection crisis.
“In the spring, we had elective surgeries and other non-Covid events … temporarily halted. That’s not happening now and it’s unlikely to happen,” he included.
“If we can’t do it for ourselves or our neighbors, we have to keep (nurses, doctors and technicians) in mind as we think about coming into contact with people,” he stated. “It’s really important, and I think there will be light at the end of the tunnel after we get through winter.”
— CNBC’s Noah Higgins-Dunn and Nate Rattner added to this report.
