COVID infections are increasing across the U.S. with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH | COVID-19 Update

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 case trends coming out of the long weekend with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering Paxlovid treatments and "rebound infections," monkeypox infections, and the AMA's statement on the Texas elementary shootings that have devastated our nation. 0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for June 1, 2022 0:30 Another Omicron subvariant became dominant this week as cases continue to climb 1:50 How does this Memorial Day compare to 2021 and 2020? 2:57 73% of Americans age 18-64 are now fully vaccinated but youngest children are still not yet eligible for vaccination 4:09 Averaging about 110,000 new COVID cases each day 5:16 Infections and hospitalizations are increasing quickly across much of the South and Southwest 6:25 What's the latest news around Paxlovid? 7:45 How are vaccines and COVID treatments changing the pandemic going forward? 8:38 What do we know about “rebound infections” from Paxlovid users? 9:42 Are there new monkeypox cases in the U.S.? 10:52 How should we be thinking about risk regarding monkeypox? 12:16 More than 45,000 Americans die from firearm violence each year; gun violence is a public health crisis Stay up to date on the latest information about the pandemic: https://ama-assn.org/covid-19-resources. Visit the COVID-19 Daily Video Updates page for more videos in this series: https://ama-assn.org/covid-19-videos.