More than five years after the discovery of the first cases of Covid-19 in the United States, hundreds of people are still dying every week.
Last month, About 350 people died every week from CovidAccording to data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Despite its rise, the number of deaths decreases and less than the peak of 25,974 deaths recorded in the week ending January 9, 2021, as well as the weekly deaths seen in the previous spring months.
ABC News told ABC News that although the United States is much better than it was a few years ago, Covid still represents a threat to high -risk groups.
“The fact that we still see the deaths mean that they are still circulating, and people are still hunted,” Dr. Tony Modi, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Duke University University, told ABC News.
Experts said that there are some reasons why people are still dying from the virus, including absorbing low vaccination, immunity decline and lack of sufficient people who reach treatments.
Low vaccine absorption, immunity declining
During the 2024-25 season, only 23 % of adults ranging from 18 years or older Covid-19 vaccine received the speaker as of the week ending April 26, according to the week, according to the week, according to April 26, according to April 26, according to April 26, according to April 26. CDC data.
Among children, only 13 % of them received the updated Covid vaccine throughout the same period, Data shows.
This image shows the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine vial, dual-equivalent, at the Altamed Medical Clinic clinic in Los Angeles, October 6, 2022.
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Dr. Gregory Poland, a vaccine specialist, head and co-director of the Atrial Research Institute-who focuses on disease prevention-is likely that there is not enough people who receive the vaccine, which contributes to the number of weekly deaths.
However, for those who received the vaccine, some may not develop an appropriate immune response.
Poland told ABC News: “There are some people who may tend genetically to not responding well to the vaccine. This is the topic that you studied with other viral vaccines,” Poland told ABC News. “The most common issue is that people suffer from immunodeficiency and cannot respond well.”
In addition, Poland said that the immunity of Covid-19 vaccines fade over time, which increases the risk of infection.
That is why Current recommendation For those between 65 years old or older, receiving two updated Covid vaccine for six months.
Poland said: “There is another cause of death because of Kovid is to be an elderly, because we are what we call immunity, as you do not have the immune ability to respond in the same way that I did in the thirties and forties of the age.” “Moreover, if you have the time you face in the seventies and eighties of the age, there is some … the accumulation of participation.”
CDC data He explains that those between the ages of 75 years and over have the highest Covid-19 death rate at 4.66 per 100,000.
Failure to reach Covid treatments
Currently, there Treatments for patient-19 patients In the form of antiviral pills, including Merck, RidgeBack Pootherapics and Paxlovid from Pfizer.
Both treatment should start within five days of the appearance of symptoms of Kovid and they are given twice daily for five days, with Merck four pills at a time and Pfizer was three pills each.
There is also ReMDESIVIR, which is an intravenous drug that should start within seven days of symptoms.
In this image clarification, a box of Paxlovid is displayed from Pfizer, 7 July 2022, in Pembroke Pines, FLA.
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“I think we do not necessarily use the tools we have at hand in the best possible way,” said Modi. “I definitely spoke with the people who got medications when they got Covid and made a big difference. … Experience data certainly indicates that the drugs are effective.”
“I think we may not use medications effectively, or in the largest possible number of people may help them,” continued.
Moody said that some patients can descend with symptoms, but they will not go to the doctor until their symptoms become severe. Instead, some people are not subject to Covid when they have symptoms, and therefore, they miss Covid’s diagnoses.
“I am sure that there are people with not discovering them [and not being] Moody said, but he does not need to test it regularly and that people who are at risk should not be tested repeatedly, but he does not need to test it regularly and that people who are at risk only should test more frequent.
