“If we can come to a consensus about some reasonable measures that we all agree to take, we could potentially get this under control and keep it under control.”
Gottlieb said masks are an important first step, but he does not see enough of the population agreeing to wear masks.
“If 30% of the population won’t wear masks any- any time, and then you only have maybe 75% compliance among the other portion of the population because nobody is going to do everything all the time, that might not be enough mask-wearing to really get this fully under control,” he said.
Gottlieb warned there could be a surge in reports of post-viral syndromes that may be tied to the coronavirus, just as children prepare to return to school.
He said illnesses such as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, clusters of which have been reported in the United States, are currently being investigated.
Gottlieb said one study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the illness occurred roughly 25 days after children displayed symptoms for the coronavirus.
“Given the fact that we’ve seen a spike in infections among kids, we would expect in about two or three weeks we might see a surge in these kinds of cases getting reported,” he said.
“That will be right about the time that we’re looking at sending kids back to school. So that could cause a lot of districts to become wary.”
“If we can come to a consensus about some reasonable measures that we all agree to take, we could potentially get this under control and keep it under control.”
Gottlieb said masks are an important first step, but he does not see enough of the population agreeing to wear masks.
“If 30% of the population won’t wear masks any- any time, and then you only have maybe 75% compliance among the other portion of the population because nobody is going to do everything all the time, that might not be enough mask-wearing to really get this fully under control,” he said.
Gottlieb warned there could be a surge in reports of post-viral syndromes that may be tied to the coronavirus, just as children prepare to return to school.
He said illnesses such as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, clusters of which have been reported in the United States, are currently being investigated.
Gottlieb said one study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the illness occurred roughly 25 days after children displayed symptoms for the coronavirus.
“Given the fact that we’ve seen a spike in infections among kids, we would expect in about two or three weeks we might see a surge in these kinds of cases getting reported,” he said.
“That will be right about the time that we’re looking at sending kids back to school. So that could cause a lot of districts to become wary.”
