CNN: 'Window is closing' for US to get coronavirus under control, Trump's HHS secretary warns
(CNN)Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the "window is closing" for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations.
"Things are very different from two months ago... So it is a very different situation, but this is a very, very serious situation and the window is closing for us to take action and get this under control," Azar told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
He suggested that the US is better positioned to handled the pandemic than before, pointing to increased testing, contact tracing, hospital capacity, reserves of personal protective equipment, and advancement toward therapeutics and potential vaccines for the virus.
The top health official's message differs from that of President Donald Trump, who seems ready to move on from the still-raging pandemic, and Vice President Mike Pence.
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WNU Editor: Cases are definitely going up, but because it is mostly the young who are testing positive, death rates are not spiking .... Cases Up, Deaths Down; What’s Going On With COVID-19 in Texas? (Texas Medical Association). We have learned a lot in the past few months on what the Covid-19 coronavirus can do, especially to those who are most vulnerable to it (i.e. the elderly and those with medical conditions). I know where I live, 82% of our Covid-19 fatalities have occurred in nursing homes .... Four out of five COVID-19 deaths have been linked to seniors homes. That says a lot about how Canada regards its elders (National Post). Bottom line. Protect these populations, and the worst that this virus can inflict will be kept at a minimum.At least that is the theory.
