US seeing unprecedented coronavirus spread, White House said

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Fri, 2020-11-20 10:22 — mike kraft

US seeing unprecedented coronavirus spread, White House says The US is seeing the fastest spread yet of Covid-19, the White House Coronavirus Task Force said in its first public briefing in four months on Thursday. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

(CNN) The United States is seeing the fastest spread yet of the coronavirus, the White House Coronavirus Task Force said in its first public briefing in four months on Thursday.

Yet, task force members spoke out against the idea of nationwide lockdowns or school closures and held out hope that a vaccine will soon be available to help protect Americans.

Dr. Deborah Birx, once a senior member of the task force, said she's been traveling the country trying to encourage governors and other state and local leaders to enact measures that will stop the spread of the virus.

She's had mixed results at best.

She showed a series of graphs showing the current increase in cases is sharper and steeper than at any other time during the pandemic.

"This is more cases, more rapidly, than what we had seen before," Birx said. "You can see the increase in test positivity to around 10%," she added. That's the number of people tested who get a positive diagnosis. ..

Other members of the task force said they would not support a nationwide lockdown.

"President Trump wanted me to make it clear that our task force, this administration and our President, does not support another national lockdown. And we do not support closing schools," Vice President Mike Pence said at the briefing.

CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield agreed and said, without citing the research, that studies have shown the virus does not spread in schools...

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