Texas doctor calls U.S. COVID deaths nearing 1 million 'mindblowing' & More News Here

Dr. Joseph Varon checks on a affected person as medical professionals deal with folks contaminated with the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo

HOUSTON, May 10 (Reuters) – In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, pulmonologist Joseph Varon supplied an opinion that made headlines all over the world and went viral on social media. He was preventing two wars, he stated: one towards COVID and one towards stupidity.

As the United States nears the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus-linked deaths, Varon, chief of essential care and COVID-19 at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas stated solely a kind of battles has been received.

“I think that I have won the fight against the coronavirus. I think I’ve lost the fight against human stupidity,” Varon instructed Reuters.

“The reason why we have lost a million people in this country is because of that fight against human stupidity. I can tell you that the number of deaths that we will have would have been much more smaller if people just listen and do the right thing, if they have a little bit of common sense,” he stated.

COVID-19 infections are rising once more within the United States, and round 66% of the U.S. inhabitants is absolutely vaccinated, in line with federal knowledge. Most U.S. states and localities have eased masks and vaccination necessities.

During the approaching days, numerous trackers of the COVID-19 pandemic will attain 1 million U.S. deaths. As of Monday evening, Reuters had tallied 999,118 deaths.

“It’s mind blowing,” Varon stated. “I can’t believe that we have lost a million people.”

Varon has been counting the times since his COVID unit started treating sufferers and posting pictures of the quantity to his social media accounts. That quantity now stands at over 780.

“What I’ve learned about myself is that I’m probably superhuman, that I’m a guy that can do things if he gets his mind to do it, that I can work 750 continuous days, that I’m very resilient on what I do, that I’m ready for the next fight if it comes any time soon,” he said.

Some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of younger children have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to a U.S. nationwide blood survey. read more

Reporting by Callaghan O’Hare; Writing by Jane Ross; Editing by Lisa Shumaker

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