The CDC issues a dire warning for the fall if coronavirus measures are not followed (CNN)

[Mike 03]

CNN
Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy
Updated 8:43 AM EDT, Thu August 13, 2020

A top federal health official is issuing a dire warning: Follow recommended coronavirus measures or risk having the worst fall in US public health history.

Coronavirus has infected more than 5 million people and killed over 166,000 nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. On Wednesday alone, there were 55,910 reported new cases and 1,499 deaths -- the highest number of fatalities since May.

"For your country right now and for the war that we're in against Covid, I'm asking you to do four simple things: wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands and be smart about crowds," said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"I'm not asking some of America to do it," he told WebMD. "We all gotta do it."

Without following the recommendations, this could be "the worst fall, from a public health perspective, we've ever had," he said. In addition to taking measures to combat the pandemic, people should also get a flu vaccine.

"By getting vaccinated, you can protect your children," he said. "When we look at the mortality that we see with flu, one thing is for certain. The kids that get vaccinated, they basically get protected against death."

Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/13/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

[LisaL]

1. Which is why we freaking need to be able to vote by mail.

[Iliyah]

2. Deaths are rising . .

but testing is less . .

Now we don't know where the infections are festering until the rising of hospitalization and deaths, rinse and repeat . .. ..

We won't see a curve nor control for any foreseeable future.

[crickets]

3. K&R for visibility.

[spanone]

4. El presidente doesn't give a rat's ass....all the experts have been neutered.

[Initech]

5. I'm so sick of hearing commercials say "we're all in this together".

No we are not. We live in a country where half the population won't listen to the other half and treats them like shit. If we really were in this together we could be in the same place as Europe right now but we are not. So we have to put up with this shit.

[mudge]

6. Qualified humans

The W.H.O. stated it as simply as it can be stated.
Until the is an effective working vaccine for COVID there
will be no way to control the spread.