Virus Expert Just Issued This COVID Update — Eat This Not That

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As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to stay informed on the latest developments. To help us stay up to date, a virus expert has just issued a new update on the virus and its effects on our diets. In this update, the expert provides advice on what to eat and what to avoid in order to stay healthy during this time. This update is especially important for those who are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms from the virus. By following the expert’s advice, we can all do our part to help reduce the spread of the virus and protect ourselves and our loved ones.

Virus Expert Just Issued This COVID Update — Eat This Not That

As the world continues to grapple with the novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s important to stay up to date on the latest news and advice from experts. Recently, a virus expert issued an important update about the virus and what people should be eating to stay healthy.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently spoke about the importance of eating a healthy diet to help protect against the virus. He said that people should focus on eating foods that are high in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. He also suggested avoiding processed foods and sugary drinks, as these can weaken the immune system.

Dr. Fauci also warned against eating too much red meat, as this can increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer. He suggested that people should opt for leaner proteins, such as fish, poultry, and beans, as these are healthier options. He also advised people to limit their intake of saturated fats, such as those found in butter and cheese.

Dr. Fauci’s advice is in line with the dietary guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, which recommends eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. Eating a healthy diet can help to boost the immune system and reduce the risk of developing serious illnesses, such as COVID-19.

It’s important to remember that eating a healthy diet is just one part of staying safe during the pandemic. People should also practice social distancing, wear a face mask, and wash their hands regularly to help reduce the spread of the virus.

The coronavirus winter surge is here, as colder weather and the holidays are causing rising cases, and rising hospitalizations, around the nation. Furthermore, as the Delta variant remains dominant, a new variant, dubbed Omicron, is here and spreading, as scientists furiously try to discover how bad that one is. How can you stay safe? Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb appeared on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan to offer some life-saving perspective. Read on for all 5 points—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.

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“We’ve seen a Delta wave course through most parts of this country,” said Gottlieb. “Right now we’re at about 36 cases per a hundred thousand people per day. To put that in perspective, about six weeks ago, we were at 20. Germany, which is having a very dense epidemic right now, is about 50 cases per a hundred thousand people per day. Most of those cases right now are being driven by a very dense epidemics in the the Great Lakes region, in New England—I think in those parts of the country, it is prudent to start taking steps to try to control the spread. There are certain states like New Hampshire or Massachusetts where the healthcare systems are beginning to get pressed and mask mandates are the easiest thing we can do—a sort of collective action that puts some downward pressure on spread. It would be a temporary measure just to try to preserve the healthcare systems that at this point. Most of the country is through the Delta wave. And the reason why you’re seeing cases go up so much right now is in part driven by the dense epidemics in these very populated states. But also you’re seeing some uptick, even in the states have that have gotten through their Delta wave, in part because people are moving indoors because of the cold weather and the holidays.”

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“More than one in four adults is not fully vaccinated. Only one in four adults has received a booster. Can we blame the unvaccinated for the spread? Is something else driving this?” asked Brennan. “The unvaccinated is certainly the individuals who are showing up in the healthcare system requiring advanced care,” said Gottlieb. “There probably is a reasonable amount of spread even among the vaccinated individuals. At this point, particularly people who only have two doses of vaccine probably are getting subclinical or mild infections and are contributing to the spread as well. But if we look at this time last year, when we were dealing with a far less transmissible strain, we had about 120,000 hospitalizations. Now with a far more transmissible strain, perhaps a strain had slightly more virent we have 60,000 hospitalizations still tragic, but the vaccines are having an impact on reducing hospitalizations and severe disease, which is really the thesis that we held out for these vaccines all along.”

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“I think it’s an open question,” said Gottlieb about Omicron overtaking Delta to be the dominant variant. “We can’t really transfer the experience from one country to another because there’s different levels of immunity in different populations, different countries, and also different states as you even, and move across the United States. The UK does look a lot like the US in terms of having a lot of vaccine induced immunity and a lot of immunity from prior infection. And also a lot of people who’ve been boosted and people who’ve been infected in this subsequently vaccinated and they appear to have the best immunity against this new variant.”

“And that might change some of the impressions about the transmissibility of this virus,” he added. “The other possibility is that this course very quickly through a subset of the population that’s excessively vulnerable to it. And we know it hit very hard people with prior Delta infection who are unvaccinated. So maybe that people who just have Delta induced immunity are excessively vulnerable to this variant. This is gonna take some time to figure out if in fact it is indeed peaking in Johannesburg. I think that’s gonna cause us to reflect on some of the modeling we’ve been doing.”

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The head of Pfizer said a fourth vaccine shot may be necessary. “We know that some people who are immunocompromised organ transplant patients, for example, doctors are prescribing multiple doses for those patients,” said Gottlieb, who is on the board of Pfizer. “Because we know they don’t get a good response to vaccines generally. And Israel’s also looking at making a fourth dose available to a subset of the population who have immune related disorders. What he also talked about was the possibility this is gonna become an annual vaccine. And I do think that this is gonna be for a period of time, something that we have to get re vaccinated for on an annual basis in part because immunity wanes.”

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Follow the public health fundamentals and help end this pandemic, no matter where you live—get vaccinated ASAP; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, wear an N95 face mask, don’t travel, social distance, avoid large crowds, don’t go indoors with people you’re not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these 35 Places You’re Most Likely to Catch COVID.

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