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Fauci says herd immunity possible by fall, ‘normality’ by end of 2021
news.harvard ^ | 12/10/2020 | Alvin Powell

Posted on 12/11/2020 8:14:07 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The nation’s top infectious disease doctor offered a timeline for ending the COVID-19 pandemic this week, saying that if the coming vaccination campaign goes well, we could approach herd immunity by summer’s end and “normality that is close to where we were before” by the end of 2021.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Wednesday that that estimate is dependent on significant numbers of Americans being willing to be inoculated with one of several vaccines in various stages of development. If 75 percent to 80 percent of Americans are vaccinated in broad-based campaigns likely to start in the second quarter of next year, then the U.S. should reach the herd immunity threshold months later. If vaccination levels are significantly lower, 40 percent to 50 percent, Fauci said, it could take a very long time to reach that level of protection.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2021; fall; fauci; normality
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End of 2021? We will have no country or economy by then. Second of all this guy as such a big ego he would give a interview to a Walmart greeter.
1 posted on 12/11/2020 8:14:07 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’re still just blessin Fauci’s heart down in Alabama.


2 posted on 12/11/2020 8:16:53 AM PST by Theophilus (Breathe free or die!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
No real reason to listen to this guy. He lacks credibility.


3 posted on 12/11/2020 8:17:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Theophilus

This northern Albertan gets the meaning.


4 posted on 12/11/2020 8:19:14 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This man is not a doctor. Not a scientist.

He is nothing more than an agenda driven bureaucrat.

5 posted on 12/11/2020 8:20:39 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Keep pushing back those goalposts.


6 posted on 12/11/2020 8:21:12 AM PST by circlecity
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Already shaming those will not get the vaccine


7 posted on 12/11/2020 8:21:20 AM PST by frogjerk
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The nation’s top infectious disease doctor

lol

8 posted on 12/11/2020 8:22:45 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: frogjerk

I won’t be ashamed. I also won’t get all messed up from some shot.


9 posted on 12/11/2020 8:23:04 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: BenLurkin

That pic is a keeper for sure.


10 posted on 12/11/2020 8:23:54 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

11 posted on 12/11/2020 8:24:49 AM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This country will never return to normal. The middle class will be decimated. The lower class will be destitute and most will be homeless with some of the former middle-class joining them. The ruling class, for the time being, will continue as they have with no changes to their life-styles. Eventually however, what they have done to this nation will arrive at their doorstep and pay back will be hell!


12 posted on 12/11/2020 8:25:49 AM PST by CFW
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I thought Herd Immunity was a farce? WTF?


13 posted on 12/11/2020 8:26:08 AM PST by frogjerk
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So how close to herd immunity are we now? As fast as it is spreading WITH masks seems we should be getting close.


14 posted on 12/11/2020 8:26:46 AM PST by Pilated (.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
15 days....

You can keep your doctor...

15 posted on 12/11/2020 8:29:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The guy is always, first and foremost, a political hack.


16 posted on 12/11/2020 8:29:37 AM PST by Troublemaker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There must be bodies everywhere.


17 posted on 12/11/2020 8:31:35 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This guy’s 15 minutes of fame has exceeded its expiration date by nine months. He’s become an embarrassing parody of himself. But the media considers him an all-knowing oracle of ‘science’, so we’re stuck with him until someone pushes the eject button.


18 posted on 12/11/2020 8:32:14 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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You'll see....They'll stop the testing. They don't want to achieve it naturally.

Ya gotta get the vaccine....and they'll play with those stats.

Remember...there were no children under the age of 16 included in the vaccine trials.

19 posted on 12/11/2020 8:33:18 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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This country will never return to normal. The middle class will be decimated.

Along with small business (bars, restaurants, and other mom and pops shops) will be gone for a long long time. We are witnessing the fruits of mass cowardice and "safe spaces". The psychological effects will be enormous.

Question: Are there enough of us to fight back against Goliath?

The Lord said "But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?"

The World has lost its faith. If not, everyone wouldn't be so terrified of death to the point they are paralyzed.

20 posted on 12/11/2020 8:34:26 AM PST by frogjerk
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