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kn95 masks, Jonas Salk, left, an American researcher and virologist, inoculating a young girl with the polio vaccine in 1954. (nih.gov) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States has been polio-free since 1979. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP HIV and AIDS, 1980s HIV and AIDS first emerged in the United States in the early 1980s. The disease became an epidemic, primarily among homosexual men, reaching a peak of 130,000 cases in the United States in 1985.
kn95 masks - Protesters in New York City, the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1985. (georgetown.edu) Despite successful efforts to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections in the U.S., the CDC estimates that more than 1 million people in the U.S. are still living with the virus, with as many as 50,000 people becoming newly affected every year.
kn95 masks, Former Lt. Governor of New York, Dr. Betsy McCaughey, weighs in on the new travel restrictions enacted by the Trump administration to halt the spread of the coronavirus, and risks the U.S. faces if this epidemic makes its way into the country. The former lieutenant governor of New York has hit back at China for keeping the true depths of the coronavirus spread under wraps for so long, which possibly allowed for thousands to travel while infectious. Dr. Betsy McCaughey, current chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, told Fox News that even this week, the country was making a mistake in being reluctant to accept foreign help.
kn95 masks - “The first thing China did wrong was to keep it a secret for so long,” McCaughey said. “It meant that hundreds of thousands of people perhaps traveled around the world from China who could be carrying this virus and nobody knew about it.” CORONAVIRUS PATIENT TOOK UBER TO LONDON EMERGENCY ROOM The virus has since spread to more than 60,000 people and killed more than 1,000. The majority of cases and fatalities have occurred mainly in China. As a result, similar to other foreign nations, the Trump administration has issued travel restrictions for foreigners coming to the U.S. and for Americans returning from regions in China that are being pummeled by the virus. Some, however, have criticized the administration’s move and warned that it could further alienate Asian cultures and help spread unnecessary fear.
kn95 masks - “This is a virus that happened to pop up in China,” Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., recently told Politico. “But the virus doesn’t discriminate between Asian versus non-Asian. In our response, we can’t create prejudices and harbor anxieties toward one population.” CORONAVIRUS EVACUEE IN TEXAS DIAGNOSED WITH VIRUS, MARKING 15TH CASE IN US: CDC But McCaughey applauded the restrictions and strict quarantines and said it was a “very smart step” to prevent the coronavirus from becoming widespread in the U.S., which has already seen 15 confirmed cases of the illness. Most of the cases have involved patients who recently traveled to China.