US Coronavirus: Here’s how close the US is to a possible Covid-19 surge, expert warns – CNN
Experts project the country is about to see another dangerous Covid-19 spike. One that Osterholm says will be fueled by the B.1.1.7 variant, first spotted in the UK, and will come over the next six to 14 weeks.
“Four weeks ago, the B.1.1.7 variant made up about 1 to 4% of the virus that we were seeing in communities across the country. Today it’s up to 30 to 40%,” Osterholm, who is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“What we’ve seen in Europe, when we hit that 50% mark, you see cases surge,” he said.
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If cases don’t spike, he should have his expert badge taken away.