Posted on Dec 19, 2021
U.S. could see 1 million cases per day, warns departing NIH director Francis Collins
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After spending more than 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins is retiring this weekend. But he's no less worried about the public health agency's latest pandemic curveball.
As the omicron variant threatens record-breaking rates of infections in the U.S., Collins departs with a warning. If Americans don't take COVID-19 seriously, the country could see 1 million daily infections, he said.
"We cannot afford to let down our guard," Collins told NPR's Scott Detrow in an interview with Weekend Edition.
After spending more than 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins is retiring this weekend. But he's no less worried about the public health agency's latest pandemic curveball.
As the omicron variant threatens record-breaking rates of infections in the U.S., Collins departs with a warning. If Americans don't take COVID-19 seriously, the country could see 1 million daily infections, he said.
"We cannot afford to let down our guard," Collins told NPR's Scott Detrow in an interview with Weekend Edition.
U.S. could see 1 million cases per day, warns departing NIH director Francis Collins
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Omicron is far less dangerous than previous versions. I refuse to panic.
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SFC Terry Stinnett
Risk assessment =/= panic.
R naught appears to be in excess of 3.5 - 5, still less than measles (r0 of 8) but greater than Delta, (r0 est @2 IIRC)
R naught appears to be in excess of 3.5 - 5, still less than measles (r0 of 8) but greater than Delta, (r0 est @2 IIRC)
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OK. But it is the UNVAXINATED IDIOTS WHO DIE. Were just lucky with all of these "Cold" believers that the mortality rate isn't like the Black Death.
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