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The rate of rise is lower, but we are still seeing increases and we are of course a very diverse country and things are not even across the country. So, we're watching this with cautious optimism.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
These vials may contain up to five doses, we also recognize that in some situations, they may be only able to use a single dose from that vial, because it's administered to a child or to somebody who has a keloid reaction.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am confident that the appointment of Mary Wakefield will be instrumental in accomplishing our goals to modernize and optimize The CDC, it is clear that Mary Wakefield is an action-oriented leader who can lead effective change.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We very much want to get as much information and informed decisions out to the American public as possible. And yet again, like we were for Covid, we are again really challenged by the fact that we at the agency have no authority to receive those data. We're working on that right now.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
If cases rise from the Omicron variant or any other variant, we have the tools -- vaccines, boosters, tests and therapeutics to be prepared -- but continued investment in these tools so that they are readily available when we need them remains critical, from a public health standpoint, it is critical that we continue to provide people with the tools to keep them, their families, and their communities safe.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are assessing the most important factors based on where we are in the pandemic, and we'll soon put guidance in place that is relevant and encourages prevention measures when they are most needed to protect public health and our hospitals. We want to give people a break from things like mask wearing when these metrics are better and then have the ability to reach for them again should things worsen.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we really are working to do is pivot the language to make sure that everybody is as up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines as they personally could be, should be, based on when they got their last vaccine, so, importantly, right now, we're pivoting our language. We really want to make sure people are up to date.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
If you’re positive—you should probably stay at home, but a negative—that doesn’t mean you’re not contagious. And we needed to be very clear about that.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And if you have the chance, if you have the opportunity, if you have access to a better mask, then the recommendation would be to wear it.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We have new science that has demonstrated the value of masking. 3.5 times increased risk of school outbreaks if you’re unmasked in schools vs. masking in schools.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I do think in places that we are seeing this really steep incline, that we may well see also a precipitous decline, but we're also a much bigger country than South Africa.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My job right now is to take all the science and the information that we have and to deliver guidance and recommendations to the American people that is adapted to the science at hand, this pandemic has given us a lot of new and updated science over the last two years, and it is my job to convey that science through those recommendations and that is exactly what we're doing.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There are a lot of studies [from other variants] that show the maximum transmissibility is in those first five days, and [with omicron] we are about to face hundreds of thousands more cases a day, and it was becoming very, very clear from the health care system that we would have people who were [positive but] asymptomatic and not able to work, and that was a harbinger of what was going to come in all other essential functions of society.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we generally know is the more mutations a variant has, the higher level you need your immunity to be.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If you're using them serially, we are able to easily give up a little bit in terms of sensitivity.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We do know that the antigen test may not perform as well as it had for prior variants – the alpha variant and the delta variant – but it’s still picking up quite a bit of infection.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We followed numerous areas of science in making this important decision.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have vaccines, we have boosters, and we know multi-layer prevention strategies — masks in public indoor settings, practicing physical distancing, frequent handwashing, improving ventilation, and testing to slow transmission — are vitally important, especially as we prepare for more Omicron and even if you are vaccinated and boosted.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We have not been victorious over it, i don't think that in any regard anyone can claim victory when, Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky know, there are 800,000 people who are dead because of this virus.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
In the 'test to stay' protocol, there's increased testing of close contacts after a COVID-19 exposure, and that testing needs to be at least twice in the seven-day period after exposure, if exposed children meet a certain criteria and continue to test negative, they can stay in school instead of quarantining at home.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Although delta continues to circulate widely in the United States, omicron is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the United States – as it has in other countries – in the coming weeks, we've seen cases of omicron among those who are both vaccinated and boosted and we believe these cases are milder or asymptomatic because of vaccine protection.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
In looking at early data on transmissibility of Omicron from other countries, we expect to see the proportion of Omicron cases here in the United States continue to grow in the coming weeks, early data suggest that Omicron is more transmissible than Delta, with a doubling time of about two days.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Certainly, as Anthony Fauci has demonstrated, and even our CDC data have also demonstrated, we are continuing to follow that science and it is literally evolving daily. And as that science evolves, we will continue to review the data and update our recommendations as necessary.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We know what we need to do against Delta, and that is get vaccinated, get boosted if you're eligible and continue all of those prevention measures, including masking. And those are very likely to work against the Omicron variant.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration] is currently evaluating data on the authorization of booster doses for all people over age 18. As we’ve done before, CDC will quickly review the safety and effectiveness data and make recommendations as soon as we hear from FDA.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There has been a great deal of anticipation from parents, i encourage parents to ask questions.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Vaccinations go from a priority to essential if you can’t do some of these basic mitigation strategies, rather than keep these schools closed for months, why not vaccinate teachers more quickly?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I would say,' Put on those costumes, stay outside and enjoy Mayra Arana trick-or-treating,' if Rochelle Walensky are spread out doing Rochelle Walensky trick-or-treating, that should be very safe for Rochelle Walensky children.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
These recommendations are another example of our fundamental commitment to protect as many people as possible from COVID-19. The evidence shows that all three COVID-19 vaccines authorized in United States are safe -- as demonstrated by the over 400 million vaccine doses already given. And, they are all highly effective in reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even in the midst of the widely circulating Delta variant.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We still have 75,000 cases in this country, and I am very encouraged to watch these trends coming down, but as you know we still have over 90% of our counties that are in high-risk or high-transmission, as we watch the community levels come down we will update our recommendations.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
An increase in flu infections and flu severity could put an additional burden on our health care system and increase stress on our nation’s healthcare workers, just like with COVID-19, we need as many people as possible to be vaccinated for influenza so that we can provide protection for those who are at most risk.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The frequency and type of side effects were similar to those seen after the second vaccine doses and were mostly mild or moderate and short-lived.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
COVID-19 vaccine booster doses so far are well tolerated.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We will continue to evaluate data as it becomes available in real-time and with urgency and update our recommendations to make sure that all of those at risk have the protection they need.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. That's why I'm moving forward with vaccination requirements wherever I can.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Some people really voted... with enthusiasm to say our health care workers, our frontline workers, people who were vaccinated early, people who work in congregate settings, in correctional facilities, grocery workers, really do merit the vaccine, the question wasn't' yes or no,' the question was' wait or do now,'.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
As CDC Director, it is my job to recognize where our actions can have the greatest impact, at CDC, we are tasked with analyzing complex, often imperfect data to make concrete recommendations that optimize health. In a pandemic, even with uncertainty, we must take actions that we anticipate will do the greatest good.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
One thing is clear : Cases, emergency room visits and hospitalizations are much lower among children in communities with higher vaccination rates. Vaccination works.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have to break norms, we need to inform people in real time [ and ] we can do more complex analyses later.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The perfect can't be the enemy of the good here, given the moment of the pandemic that we are in, [ we ] need to have a deep change.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We will forever be criticized for either being too slow or being too fast.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
In the meantime, please know that the best way to protect your unvaccinated children is to surround them with vaccinated people, our children deserve to have full-time, in-person, safe learning with prevention measures in place, and that includes masking for everyone in Indianapolis Public Schools.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think we all have to recognize that with 164 million people who are vaccinated, we should expect tens of thousands, perhaps, of breakthrough infections.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
In all of this, there is still good news. Our vaccines are working to prevent severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. Vaccines are providing protection both for individuals and communities across the country.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I am all for more vaccination, but, I have nothing further to say on that except that we are looking into those policies.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The vast majority of transmission is occurring through unvaccinated individuals.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We need more people to get vaccinated to stop this pandemic.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This is a dramatic increase, up from 50 % for the week of July 3.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Widespread vaccination is what will truly turn the corner on this pandemic, please know, if you are not vaccinated, you remain susceptible.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Although we expected the Delta variant to become the dominant strain in the United States, this rapid rise is troubling.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Many of these counties are also the same locations where the Delta variant represents the large majority of circulating virus, low vaccination rates in these counties, coupled with high case rates -- and lax mitigation policies that do not protect those who are unvaccinated from disease -- will certainly, and sadly, lead to more unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations and potentially deaths.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Currently, approximately 1,000 counties in the United States have vaccination coverage of less than 30%, these communities, primarily in the Southeast and Midwest, are our most vulnerable. In some of these areas, we are already seeing increasing rates of disease. As the Delta variant continues to spread across the country, we expect to see increased transmissions in these communities, unless we can vaccinate more people now.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Preliminary data from a collection of states over the last six months suggest 99.5 % of deaths from Covid-19 in these states have occurred in unvaccinated people.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There are communities that are vulnerable and where we are now seeing surges in cases, and indeed also hospitalizations, due to what could be the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccination rates in these communities.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Looking state by state and county by county, it is clear that communities where people remain unvaccinated are communities that remain vulnerable. This is all true as we monitor the continued spread of the hyper-transmissible Delta variant.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are still seeing uptick in cases in areas of low vaccination, and in that situation we are suggesting that policies be made at the local level, those masking policies are really intended to protect the unvaccinated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We, in an interagency way, are planning to boost, because, quite honestly, we want to make sure that if we see more disease out there, we have a mechanism, we're fully ready to combat it.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This virus is an opportunist, as long as there are those who are not vaccinated, Covid-19 will remain a threat.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
More concerning were the number of adolescents admitted to the hospital who required treatment in the intensive care unit with mechanical ventilation, it is these findings within this publication -- one that demonstrates the level of severe disease, even among youth, that are preventable -- that force us to redouble our motivation to get our adolescents and young adults vaccinated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
As each week passes and as we continue to see progress, these data give me hope.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are really asking the businesses to work with their workers to make sure that they have the paid time off to get themselves vaccinated so they can be safe.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Today, I adopted CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices'( ACIP) recommendation that endorsed the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and its use in 12 - through 15-year-old adolescents.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The CDC now recommends that this vaccine be used among this population, and providers may begin vaccinating them right away.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
What we're really asking in those settings, is to say, in terms of the honor system, people have to be honest with themselves, you're protected if you're vaccinated, you're not if you're not vaccinated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I want to convey that we are not saying that everybody has to take off their mask if they're vaccinated, it's been 16 months that we've been telling people to mask and this is going to be a slow process.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Most kids will not be vaccinated or fully vaccinated before the end of this year and we're going to work on updating our school guidance, so much evolved just in This Week, both with our guidance -- with unmask if you're vaccinated -- as well as the eligibility of vaccination for 12 to 15 year olds. So yes, we do have to rapidly update our camp guidance and we're working on that right now.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think that people who were not inclined to wear a mask were not inclined to wear a mask before Thursday.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have the capacity now, between vaccines and testing, screening, we believe schools can and should be a very safe place for people to go back to in the fall.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I want to be clear that we followed the science here, while this may serve as an incentive for some people to get vaccinated, that is not the purpose, our purpose here is as a public health agency to follow the science and to follow where we are with regard to the science and what is safe for individuals to do.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This virus can be unpredictable, so if things get worse, there is always a chance we need to make a change to these recommendations.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If we can continue at this pace, case rates are coming down, vaccinations going up, then I think July 1 would be a reasonable target.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Looking county by county, there are some unsettling gaps in our coverage, because this virus is an opportunist, we anticipate that the areas of lightest vaccine coverage now might be where the virus strikes next.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Overall, I actually think that this pause conveyed that we are taking every one of these needles in haystacks that we find seriously.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We still have 57,000 cases of COVID yesterday, we still had 733 deaths and so now are really trying to scale up vaccination we have this complex message that we still have hotspots in this country and we will be looking at the outdoor masking question but it’s also in the context of we still have people dying of COVID.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We want to convey to the American public we have two vaccines that are readily available -- the Pfizer and Moderna -- and people should continue to roll up their sleeves to get vaccinated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
What I would say to the American people is what we found is really extremely rare cases through our vaccine safety monitoring system.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If vaccines go in arms today, we will not see an effect of those vaccines, depending on the vaccine, for somewhere between two to six weeks, so when you have an acute situation, an extraordinary number of cases like we have in Michigan, the answer is not necessarily to give vaccine. In fact, we know that the vaccine will have a delayed response.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Believe me, I get it. We all want to return to everyday activities and spend time with family, friends and loved ones but we must find the fortitude to hang in there for just a little bit longer.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
While the pandemic is headed in the right direction, we still have much work to do.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are not at the level where we believe the level of vaccination is driving the decrease in cases right now.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
All of it is really wraps up into we can’t let our guard down, we have to continue wearing masks. We have to continue with our current mitigation measures. And we have to continue getting vaccinated as soon as that vaccine is available to us.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We need to all take responsibility to decrease that community spread, including mask wearing so that we can get our kids and our society back.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We have to continue wearing masks, we have to continue with our current mitigation measures, and we have to continue getting vaccinated as soon as that vaccine is available to us.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely, vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of schools.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't think late February we're going to have vaccine in every pharmacy in this country.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
While the recent decline in cases and hospital admissions are encouraging, they are counterbalanced by the stark reality that in January we recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in any month since the pandemic began, with over 90,000 deaths recorded in January alone, variants remain a great concern.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Until we have further data we intend to follow the trials and to use the science to say 21 days for two doses with Pfizer and 28 for Moderna.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
First, wear a mask, stay six feet apart when you are in public and around others who do not live in your household, second, please avoid crowds and poorly ventilated areas. Third, now is not the time to travel, but if you must travel, you must wear a mask and follow other CDC and local guidance in order to protect yourself and others while you travel. And finally, please get vaccinated when it’s your turn.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The emergence of variants underscores the need for public health action. First, get vaccinated when it's your turn, second, wear a mask. Practice social distancing and wash your hands. And finally, now is not the time to travel. But, if you must, be safe and follow the CDC guidance.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
They're very hard to breathe in when you wear them properly, they're very hard to tolerate when you wear them for long periods of time.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are working very hard and ensuring we understand exactly where the vaccine is on any given day.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The fact that we don’t know today, five days into this administration, and weeks into planning, how much vaccine we have just gives you a sense of the challenges we’ve been left with.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It's going to work against the variant, will it be 95 % ? Maybe. Will it be 70 % ? Maybe. But our flu vaccines aren't 75 % effective every year and we still get them.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's been among the biggest Achilles' heels of this. And it's been among the biggest challenges and the unexpected things because( with) its cousins, this is not true, the reason we were able to control the SARS outbreak so quickly -- although there were obviously a lot of deaths there -- but it didn't turn into a pandemic is because people weren't shedding( the virus) until they got symptoms.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have three kids. ... And my parents are not going to be joining us this year, it's just awful. But what I really hold out for is that my parents are pretty healthy, and I would never forgive Rochelle Walensky if I put them in harm's way. And I'm just looking forward to a 2021 when we can be together.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's generally thought that you're most infectious the two days before that day and the two days after that.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
' Grocery store' and' quarantine' don't belong in the same sentence.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
When they were doing die-ins in front of the NIH, Dr. Fauci said' Let them in, I want to hear what they have to say,' they had a voice at the table.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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