Even Vaccinated People Advised To Mask Up Indoors Amid Orlando’s New COVID-19 Surge

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a new set of guidelines for people traveling to the United States from the countries that are currently experiencing outbreaks of the Zika virus.   The new recommendations apply to all travelers, whether they have been to Zika-affected countries or not.   Those who have traveled to Zika-affected areas are advised to use insect repellent for two weeks, wear long pants and long sleeves, use bed nets, and maintain good hygiene.

With about 50 cases of mosquito-borne West Nile virus reported in Florida as of July 18, 2017 and recent reports of local transmission, it is time to remind you all to take precautions. It’s also probably worth noting that people can be at risk whether or not they have been vaccinated against the virus, and those under age 13 are especially vulnerable if they are not vaccinated.

On Monday, Mayor Jerry Demings of Orange County, Florida, home to the city of Orlando and several major amusement parks, urged all county residents to wear masks when in crowded indoor spaces, whether they are vaccinated or not.

His advice came as the famous tourist destination – home to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld Orlando and Legoland Florida Resort – experienced a new spike of COVID-19 infections, linked (presumably) to the masses of tourists who flock there during the summer.

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Current trend

The county’s COVID positivity rate, as measured by the 14-day moving average, increased to 7.78% from 4.28% at the end of June. According to Forbes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that Orange County has once again fallen into the high risk community transmission category.

However, Demings said he had no intention of reintroducing the mask mandate as he had withdrawn the previous one on the 5th. June canceled. Currently, wearing a mask indoors when social distance is not possible remains only a strong recommendation.

Dr. Raul Pino of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said yesterday that the number of COVID-19 cases has doubled in one week. Since 8. In July, the service registered 400 new cases a day, up from 200 a day the week before.

It is believed that this new wave of infection is due to an increase in the incidence of the delta COVID-19 variant, the most transmissible strain of the virus, which first emerged in India. Its prevalence has doubled about every two weeks, and it is already the dominant strain in the United States, accounting for 51.7% of reported cases on July 3.

It doubled, according to Pino. And it will double next week if we don’t do what we need to do. The doctor also noted that this new wave of infection is occurring almost exclusively in unvaccinated people.

100 percent of the cases reported yesterday involved unvaccinated people, he said Monday. Furthermore, 100% of the deaths we are reporting to you today have been in unvaccinated people. So we can hide, keep our distance, try not to talk about it, but the reality is that this is a pandemic of unvaccinated people.

This is a moment of truth for our county, Mr. Pino continued. The vaccine is effective; the vaccine works; the vaccine is everywhere; and the vaccine is free. It is up to you to accept it and make that decision.

Demings said about 60 percent of all Orange County residents eligible for the program have already received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 52 people have completed vaccination protocols.

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