Former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb is warning that the United States is about "a week away from seeing a rapid acceleration" in Covid-19 cases.
“The fall and winter season is when this coronavirus is going to want to spread,” he told CNBC on Monday evening.4:40Dr. Scott Gottlieb is warning that the United States is about "a week away from seeing a rapid acceleration in cases” of Covid-19 as the number of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations surge.on Monday evening, the former FDA chief in the Trump administration explained that the country no longer has any pandemic backstops.
“The summer was a backstop, of sorts, to the spring surge, and we have no therapeutic backstop,” Gottlieb said. “The fall and winter season is when this coronavirus is going to want to spread.”from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, Gottlieb said the holiday season and family gatherings are especially precarious for the spread of coronavirus because that’s when people let their guard down.
While noting he’s optimistic about vaccine trials, Gottlieb said the first patients given inoculations under emergency use, if it's granted, won't have protective immunity until early 2021.
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