Here’s what the White House’s grim coronavirus warning means for you | CNN What Matters

CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad spoke with CNN about the recent projection of 100 million potential COVID infections in the fall and winter:

“WHAT MATTERS: What do you make of this warning from the White House?

MADAD: I think it’s an extremely important warning that everybody in the United States, whether you’re unvaccinated or vaccinated and boosted, should certainly take heed of because we’ve been in this rodeo before and we know what to do.

We have the tools and resources to protect ourselves and protect those around us. It’s important that people are aware that the risk level around them is increasing. And so there are things that you can do to reduce your risk of getting infected, and certainly having a severe outcome.

When we talk about severe outcome, we know that the Covid-19 vaccines are working and holding up really well against the most severe outcomes, which is hospitalization, ICU-level care and death. At the same time, we want to make sure that there’s also funding in place where pharmaceutical companies can invest in bivalent, multivalent Covid-19 vaccines…”

Read the full interview here.