Fauci: It's 'entirely conceivable' we could be 'way down' on level of cases by November
Source: The Hill
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said early Thursday that he believes coronavirus cases could be way down by the time the elections come in the first week of November.
Its up to us. Its really in our hands. I really do believe based on the data we see in other countries and in the United States, in states and cities and counties that have done it correctly, that if we pay attention to the fundamental tenets of infection control and diminution of transmission, we could be way down in November. It is entirely conceivable, Fauci, the nations leading infectious disease expert, said on CNN's "New Day."
It isnt inevitable that we need to be way up there as we get towards [the] election. And I feel that very strongly, if we do things correctly, and we start right now to do that. Everyone, all states, cities, have to pull together to do that.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/510827-fauci-its-entirely-conceivable-we-could-be-way-down-on-level-of-cases-by
Eugene
(61,805 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Otherwise, it's entirely inconceivable.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)... pick up game.
Fauci's "conceivable" statements are starting to sound like he wants to be a pleaser. Sure EVERYTHING is conceivable but that doesn't mean its probable
Autumn
(44,972 posts)Sorry Fauci, we don't have those.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)as it is party over lives, economy over lives staying in power over lives, Dr Fauci is talking to a stone wall.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)If this weren't so tragic, his statement would be funny. 🤬
dreamland
(964 posts)As much as I would like to see that cases go down. The rest of the world is proving otherwise. Cases has been on the rise in countries where they've "beaten" Covid - and those countries masked up and locked down. How much of this statement is due to the fact that he's trying to damper his "take caution" messages because of threats against his family? He needs to be firm and show us numbers and data, maybe in easy to understand charts for Rumpees.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)We are seeing numbers decline in the states and cities where people are doing this. And we're seeing the opposite in places where they don't follow the guidelines.
Back in March I had a lot of anxiety about living in a congested city with lots of people around. But over time I feel safer now being surrounded by urban liberals who follow the guidelines. Being around conservatives can literally kill you.
bamagal62
(3,244 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)showing a majority of us are following guidelines. But as long as 30% proudly flaunts their disdain for the guidelines , we will continue to experience hot spots.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Months ago, many RWers were gloating online that it was killing off liberals in cities. The current hot spots are in southern states and many rural areas where people rejected the guidelines.
Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)who think having a tube in every orifice except their ears is kinky?
earthside
(6,960 posts)This weekend from all around the country ... there won't be any social distancing.
We cannot be way down by November, sorry Tony.
https://kstp.com/news/sturgis-rally-still-a-go-in-south-dakota-as-many-as-250000-people-expected-to-attend-august-3-2020/5815528/
Thekaspervote
(32,691 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,315 posts)I hope by late spring 2021, there's a proven and widely-available vaccine. I don't expect any better than that.
Until then, I'll keep to the mask and distancing.
AKing
(511 posts)Governor Pritzker wanted. Now they have 40% of the cases. [link:https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/pritzker-virus-is-worse-in-southern-illinois-than-chicago/article_73517b2e-a27c-5ba4-959b-569c8416e74b.html|
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)We had a significant one day rise of COVID positive here in my county thats equates to a 5% of our current total for the year. In ONE day. And the push to reopen schools with NO infrastructure for remote teaching and a student base that 50% lack internet at home.
what could go wrong?
Lucky Luciano
(11,248 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)he must have thought it was time for a little tRump brown nosing..
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)A mighty big IF.
ProfessorGAC
(64,827 posts)...it's conceivable that if I let go of a golf ball it won't fall!
But, it's extraordinarily unlikely.
Like, approaching zero unlikely.
StarryNite
(9,434 posts)Fauci: No one can predict how bad the pandemic will get this fall
By Yasemin Saplakoglu - Staff Writer 3 days ago
"I do not know...nor can anyone know what the fall is going to bring," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said today (Aug. 3) during a Q&A put together by the Journal JAMA Network. Back in the spring, when the coronavirus was mainly ravaging the northeast, there was talk of a "second wave" in the fall, Fauci said. That was assuming these numbers would have dropped down to a baseline...but they have not.
"You look at our numbers now...we're right in the middle of the first wave here," he said. For the past couple of weeks, the U.S. has been tallying more than 60,000 cases a day and for the past week, around 1,000 deaths per day.
"We've got to get those numbers down, if we don't get them down then were going to have a really bad situation in the fall," Fauci said.
[link:https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-fall-unpredictable.html|
IcyPeas
(21,839 posts)anyone with regular flu symptoms won't know if it's COVID or not. It's going to cause quite the ruckus in the emergency rooms methinks.
Raine
(30,540 posts)pessimistic then optimistic, round and round. I don't pay much attention to him anymore and sure don't trust what he says.