'The consequences are severe': Doctors prepare for post-holiday COVID-19 surge
Health officials pleaded with people to stay home and avoid large family gatherings as well as crowds of shoppers ahead of the holiday.
Time will tell if the public listened, and some doctors worry what the next few weeks will bring.
Doctors at Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center said it's inevitable that we will see another spike in cases because of those Thanksgiving gatherings.
They said people should be cautious as they shop ahead of the holidays, too.
Dr. David Brett-Major came to the University of Nebraska Medical Center with big research projects planned. Now, he's neck deep in the pandemic.
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He's pleading with people to mask up, stay apart and stay home if you're feeling ill.
"You can have fantastic vaccines; you can have great drugs. But if you have tons and tons of cases, you will have tons and tons of severe outcomes and deaths, regardless of these other tools,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Brett-Major said.
He expects a surge in one week and another in two weeks.
He worries about capacity as people begin holiday shopping and flu season hits.
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He said people need to take the virus seriously even though everyone is feeling fed up.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It's fine to be annoyed about how the pandemic is still going and how it impacts your life. I think that all of us experienced that. And the way to get past that is to deal with the pandemic,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Brett-Major said.
Brett-Major said many people he바카라 게임 웹사이트s spoken with altered their holiday plans and he said stores he passed didn't seem to be as packed as years past, but a true report card grade won't come for a couple weeks.