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A dangerous Covid-19 variant has spread to all 50 US states. Experts worry it could send cases surging - CNN
Apr 06, 2021 1 min, 9 secs
While the US races to get Americans vaccinated in time, many experts are asking the public to hold onto precautions for just a little while longer.

The good news, Osterholm said, is that existing vaccines are very effective against the variants.

"We are not going to have enough vaccines, the way we are going, into the arms of enough Americans over the course of the next six to ten weeks with this surge that we are going to stop it," Osterholm told CNN's Erin Burnett.

"It's just simply not going to happen."

And though the US is vaccinating nearly five times faster than the global average, with 40% of adults having received at least one shot, lower income countries with limited vaccine access could become a site for variants to spin out of control, Osterholm said.

Fortunately, the US has conditions that could help combat another surge: increased vaccination rates, a significant percentage of the population having already been infected and warming weather, said Dr.

Paul Offit, a member of the FDA Vaccines Advisory Committee.

Restrictions ease with increased vaccinations

The White House said Monday that there will be enough vaccines for all Americans by the end of next month, and some states have begun making plans for a return to normalcy.

In Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling for residents to get vaccinated as soon as they have the chance.

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