"I think it's a little premature to say we have absolute cure."
Anthony Fauci
told
Sky Tg24 in an interview that will be broadcast in full at 7.30 pm on Sky Tg24 Mondo, referring to the conditions of the US president.
"He was given Regeneron and he responded very well. When you only have one case it is very difficult to say once and for all that he is getting better from his antibody intake. It is possible that is why he is doing so well. , but let's not forget that she also took two other types of drugs, Remdesivir and Dexamethasone which is a powerful corticosteroid drug.
I don't think there is a cure, unless it is tested on a large number of people. statistically showing that, when compared to a placebo or no treatment, that person feels better
. "
"One of the things that worries me most is that our base level of infection each day hovers around 40,000 new cases per day, which is far too high" and "
if we don't reverse course and lower the level of infection, we could find ourselves in more serious trouble in autumn and winter
".
Also because in that period the flu will also begin to circulate, against which "everyone, in the United States, in Italy, in Europe, everywhere, should get vaccinated", underlined Fauci.
In the US, he specified, "our daily average should be well below ten thousand cases a day and the reason I say this is that we are approaching the coldest seasons of the year, autumn and winter. Many activities move indoors and this makes it more likely that an airway infection will spread more. "
To prevent this from happening, explained Fauci, "everyone must follow public health guidelines: wear a mask everywhere, maintain an interpersonal distance of at least 1.80 meters, try to do outdoor and non-indoor activities, such as for example dining in restaurants but outdoors, washing your hands as much as possible ".
To make "the situation much more complicated" in the coming months is the fact that "Covid is in circulation as we approach the flu season", because "we will simultaneously have two respiratory diseases that spread in the same period. Therefore, avoid contracting the flu would make the situation less burdensome when the inevitable cases of Covid-19 occur, which will surely continue to present themselves in the future or even get worse in autumn and winter ".
It is therefore important, he added, "that everyone gets a seasonal flu vaccine".
In the United States, he concluded, "the recommendation is that anyone after the age of 6 months get vaccinated."
Fauci then corrected the shot with respect to the recent statements by President Trump on the danger of Covid.
"What President Trump was referring to is that in younger people, particularly children, the flu can be equal to, if not worse than, Covid-19. But when the entire population is taken into account instead,
there is no doubt that Covid-19 is a much more serious disease than seasonal flu
".
In the United States, he specified, "seasonal flu kills about fifteen to twenty thousand people every year. Covid-19 has already caused the deaths of two hundred and ten thousand Americans.
"Two things must happen - concluded the scientist - the first is to have a very effective and safe vaccine and the second is for a large part of the population to allow themselves to be vaccinated. If these two things will happen and if we will continue to apply measures in the field of public health, we
will return to normal, speaking prudently, probably at the end of 2021
".
