(ANSA) - NEW YORK, NOV 26 - With millions of Americans sending out for the long Thanksgiving weekend, public health experts are terrified of what is about to happen, while the US yesterday reported 2,046 deaths from coronavirus, the highest number in one day from the start of May.
Dr Joseph Varon, chief of staff at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, painted a dark scenario: "My concern for the next six to twelve weeks is that if we don't do things right, America will see the darkest days in the its modern medical history ".
"My hospital is full. I just opened two new wings so I can accommodate patients in the next few days, because I know a lot of people will get sick after Thanksgiving," he told CNN.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predict between 294,000 and 321,000 deaths in the United States by December 19.
"I fear the surge of Thanksgiving will add to what will become the Christmas wave. We need to understand that they are in a very dangerous condition," warned Michael Osterholm, director of the University's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. of Minnesota.
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