San Diego sees an uptick in COVID-19 cases

As masks mandates are lifted, individuals are beginning to decrease their guard in relation to the coronavirus.

Dr. William Tseng, Kaiser San Diego’s assistant chief of workers, stated the loosening of intervention strategies would deliver an uptick in COVID-19 instances.

“We’re gonna have extra transmissions, we’re going to see extra case,” he stated.

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COVID-19 San Diego County information present the numbers are going up, with greater than 1,500 new instances reported this week.

Tseng thinks that we’ll see extra instances, however, due to the vaccines, not as many hospitalizations.

“I feel we will see extra instances, and I am hoping that the vaccines would be the firewall that forestalls it from getting worse or folks from dying,” he stated.

That is why, he stated, getting vaccinated and boosted is essential.

“If you happen to get the third shot, your probabilities, in comparison with somebody who’s not vaccinated, of ever ending up in a ventilator, within the hospital and dying, is decreased by 94%,” he stated. “So, actually, that third shot could be very, essential.”

He stated San Diego was a frontrunner within the nation in relation to vaccination charges however is falling behind in relation to boosters.

Although masks are now not required in lots of locations, Tseng stated they have been an indication of respect to 1 one other.

“If you put on a masks, you are really displaying respect as a result of most of transmissions are from people who find themselves contaminated to people who find themselves out locally,” he stated. “So, if you put on a masks, you actually are defending others, extra so than you are defending your self.”

Tseng’s recommendation is for everybody to know their very own our bodies: If you happen to’re sick, get examined to forestall transmissions, and people who find themselves immunocompromised ought to proceed masking.

“After which, lastly,” Tseng stated, “one of the best safety by far, no query, extra so than any masks, extra so than any sanitizers, is to get vaccinated.”