‘I Think We Might Be Getting Out Of This’: South Florida COVID Expert Optimistic About Current Rates

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – At their peak, COVID positivity rates successful South Florida were successful the treble digits.

Now, they’re trending downward. One section adept says she’s optimistic, but don’t propulsion caution to the upwind conscionable yet.

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“Zero is what you truly want,” said FIU infectious illness adept Dr. Aileen Marty. “But if it’s down to similar 1 percent, I’m feeling beauteous good.”

As of Monday successful Miami-Dade, the seven-day mean CVODI positivity complaint was astatine 5.65%.

State numbers released past Friday showed it’s down to 5.5% successful Broward and 7.4% successful Monroe.

“Things are decidedly heading successful the close direction. But we person to retrieve that this happening has had these each 2 period waves and we person to beryllium precise cautious not to acceptable things disconnected backmost successful the incorrect direction,” Dr. Marty told CBS4’s Lauren Pastrana.

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Hospitalizations are down and vaccination rates are up.

Dr. Marty thinks radical person gotten the connection that the microorganism tin person unpredictable caller variants, similar the Delta variant that wreaked havoc this past summer.

“Right present it looks similar the Delta variant is coming somewhat nether power successful this country, but I accidental it with caution due to the fact that 1 of the things we’ve been noticing is that we’ve been a fewer weeks down Europe and successful peculiar the UK, and the UK is having different upswing close now,” Dr. Marty warned.

With the improvement of caller treatments, including a pill which cause shaper Merck says tin trim the hazard of decease and hospitalization, Dr. Marty says we inactive request to enactment connected defender to minimize the dispersed successful the archetypal place.

“I deliberation we request to support going with the aforesaid benignant of actions that are happening present of radical being cautiously optimistic,” she said. “I deliberation we mightiness beryllium getting retired of this.”

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Now that we’re getting person to the vacation season, Dr. Marty says it’s getting safer to celebrate, but encourages outdoor festivities with smaller groups arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.