At Thanksgiving, there is always a lot of travel in the USA - this year, too, many Americans did not go without visiting their families and friends - despite Corona.
That now has consequences.
In November there was
a debate
in the
USA
similar to that currently taking place in
Germany
over
Christmas *
to be led.
US virologists warned against
traveling across the country
in the middle of the
coronavirus pandemic *
for
Thanksgiving
.
Now
Johns Hopkins University
reports more
deaths than ever before.
Baltimore - If you listen to
Angela Merkel's *
last address, you know, it is now a matter of
life
and
death
: "If we have
too many contacts
by
Christmas
, and then it was last Christmas with the grandparents, then we will have missed something, we shouldn't do that" said the
Chancellor
on Wednesday in the Bundestag.
The
Thanksgiving festival
in the
USA is
currently showing
how celebrating
public holidays can
affect the number of
coronavirus * cases
- and its dramatic consequences.
The number of
corona deaths
recorded
within 24 hours has
reached a new high
here - around two weeks after
Thanksgiving
.
As of Wednesday, the
US
registered
3,124 deaths
linked to confirmed
coronavirus infection
.
This came out on Thursday from data from the
Johns Hopkins University
in
Baltimore
.
The researchers had recorded the highest value to date about a week
ago
on
December 3,
when they
reported 2,879 corona deaths
.
On that day there were 227,828 new infections within one day.
The value currently exceeds the 200,000 * mark again and is
221,267 newly infected people
.
Thanksgiving as a "superspreader event": family celebration demands tribute
In
California
alone
, the most populous
US state
, more than
26,000 new infections were
counted within a day
on Wednesday
.
The number of
Covid-19 patients to be treated
in
hospitals
across the country also reached
a new high
with more than
106,000 sufferers
.
It's a bitter record for the United States after
Thanksgiving
.
US health
experts had warned of
a drastic increase in the numbers
in advance.
Two weeks ago, however, millions of people ignored your appeal, as
Thanksgiving is
one of the highest holidays in the USA.
Despite the well-known high
risk of infection *
,
many Americans visited their families
around
November 26th
and
traveled
across the country by bus, plane and train.
A similar debate as in
Germany
just over the
Christmas holidays
will out, was in the
United States
and
Thanksgiving
preceded it.
Virologists
like
Anthony Fauci
feared
a surge in the
number
of
corona cases,
especially due to the brisk travel activity around the holiday
.
Apparently, the researchers' concerns that
Thanksgiving
could mutate into a "superspreader event" were not unfounded.
Video: US virologist Fauci fears corona shock - because of Thanksgiving
In terms of numbers, the
United States
is hardest hit by the
coronavirus pandemic
worldwide
*.
Since the beginning of this, around
15.39 million people have been
infected with the
corona
virus, and more than
289,400 people have
died from the
Sars-CoV-2 pathogen
.
In the meantime, all hopes are on the new
vaccines *
, as the country's clinics, doctors and nurses have long been working above every limit.
On Thursday, the
US Medicines Agency (FDA) is
examining
the application for
emergency
approval of
the Mainz *
vaccine from Biontech
and its
US partner Pfizer
.
The
FDA
had already announced on Tuesday
that it classified the vaccine as "safe and effective".
Next week, the
US vaccination committee
wants to get
the
vaccine from
the
US pharmaceutical company Moderna
on Thursday
dedicate. Here, too, an emergency license should be applied for. Time is of the essence,
the
US government
wants
100 million citizens, and thus almost a third of its population, to be vaccinated
by the
end of March 2021
. At least that is the goal of the elected President
Donald Trump *
.
Joe Biden *
, who was elected the new president and will take office on
January 20
, stacks a little lower - but no less high:
within 100 days
he also wants to
enable
100 million Americans
to be vaccinated.
(cos) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.