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- U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned that the amount of new COVID-19 cases is poised to increase following Thanksgiving.
- On Monday, roughly 184,174 new cases were reported, marking a 2 percent increase in new COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks.
After a heavy volume of holiday travelers passed through airports for Thanksgiving, states are carefully monitoring any burgeoning COVID-19 outbreaks and attempting to implement public health vanguards to curb a surge of new infections.
Despite grim predictions, public health officials note that practicing these mitigation tactics can still have a positive outcome.
Speaking on Fox News, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that for people who traveled and attended bigger holiday gatherings, they can still work to slow the spread of the virus.
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“For those who did travel and those who did attend large gatherings, we want you to know it’s not too late to take measures to slow the spread of this virus,” Adams said. “You can still isolate. You can still get tested in three to five days. You can still take measures that have been proven to help us prevent cases, hospitalizations and deaths.”
On Monday, roughly 184,174 new cases were reported, marking a two percent increase in new COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks.
This may not seem like a dramatic increase, but Adams states that it isn’t going to get better.
“I want to be straight with the American people, it’s going to get worse over the next several weeks, but the actions that we take in the next several days will determine how bad it is or whether or not we continue to flatten our curve,” he said.
Potential emergency use approval is on the horizon for COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna, which has multiple people, including Adams, feeling positive. He clarified that Pfizer will apply for the emergency use designation on Dec. 10, and Moderna will follow on the 18th.
“Within 28 to 48 hours after submitting their EUA, we from a federal perspective have promised and have set everything up so that we can quickly review those EUAs and hopefully start sending out vaccines again within 24 to 48 hours,” Adams said.
In line with the CDC’s recent announcement, older people in long-term care facilities will be among the first groups to receive the vaccine, along with health care workers.
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