U.S. Surgeon General Urges Calm in Response to New Covid Wave in Europe

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy urged calm on Sunday as a Covid-19 wave fueled at least partially by a new sub variant of the virus spread across Europe, adding that the pandemic should “not define our lives.”

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday with Trace Gallagher, Murthy said the country needs to exercise caution with the new spike in Europe but shouldn’t live in fear because of all of the tools at our disposal to combat the disease.

“We should be prepared that Covid hasn’t gone away. There may be rises and falls in the months ahead, but here’s the key: Our goal is to keep people out of the hospital, it’s to save their lives. We have more tools to do that than ever before,” he said. “If we get people these tools — vaccines, boosters, treatments — then we can actually get through waves that may come and go.”

Britain, Germany, Finland, Switzerland and other European nations have experienced case upticks in recent weeks attributed to the new sub variant. Cases in the U.S. have been steadily declining as Omicron wanes, although the sub variant is expected to spread to our shores and across the country as international travel resumes.