CNN News:美国疾控中心通知各州做好准备 大选前分发
And we're spending the first couple minutes talking about potential coronavirus treatments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is in the news for telling health officials to get ready. A potential coronavirus vaccine could be set for distribution in late October. This doesn't guarantee one will be ready by then but when vaccines normally take more than 10 years to develop and test, this does show that efforts are moving forward and incredibly fast. There have been more than 6.1 million coronavirus diagnoses in the United States.
There are three vaccines for the virus that are now in Phase III testing. This means they're being tried out on thousands of people for their safety and effectiveness. But Federal health officials have indicated that these large-scale tests may not need to be completed for a vaccine to be approved. And that has some experts and doctors concerned given the speed at which this is happening, given that a shot could become available to hundreds of millions of Americans and given that many of have indicated they wouldn't want to get it when it is available. Meantime, the head of an international pharmaceutical association says as far as drugs go, there probably won't be a single, one-size-fits-all treatment that works for everyone.
He expects that different treatments for different people at different stages of the disease will be the way to go. He also says the pharmaceutical industry is focused on antivirals, antibodies and anti-inflammatory medications. With the Labor Day holiday approaching, a U.S. infectious disease expert is warning Americans to keep their guard up. He suggests people avoid large crowds, keep their social distance, wear masks and try to spend more time outdoors. He said this can prevent some of the cases that spread over other holiday weekends like Memorial Day and the Forth of July