Dr. Fauci warns possible 4th surge in COVID-19 cases could undermine progress

ABC News via MSN ^ | 03/18/2021

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday he's concerned about a possible fourth surge in COVID-19 cases as numbers tick up in some states and Europe, which the U.S. has traditionally trailed by about four weeks in its COVID trajectory

Fauci, the nation's chief disease expert, and other Biden administration officials testified before the Senate's Health committee on Thursday about the COVID response, stressing the U.S. is in a race against virus variants to vaccinate Americans as quickly as possible.

Fauci said the situation in the U.S. has improved greatly since the intense spike in cases after the winter holidays, but that he still worries the country will "declare victory" over the virus too soon and relax behaviors that could lead to another surge in the number of cases.

"I’m concerned that if we pull back in our enthusiasm for the fact that vaccines are rolling out, and things look good, if we pull back prematurely, we may trigger another surge. And that would really set us back in all the things that we’re trying to do," he told lawmakers.

Although the U.S. national daily case average continues to fall -- about 32.5% over the last month -- nearly a third of all states have recently seen their average number of cases rise by at least 10%.

Fauci said trends in Europe's number of cases have been a good predictor of trends in the U.S. and should serve as a warning about the importance of staying vigilant about stopping the virus from spreading.

Over the past few weeks, cases have spiked in Poland, France and Italy, provoking increased restrictions, hospitals nearing capacity and school closures.

"Europe is generally about three to four weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of their outbreak.

[Glad2bnuts]

So called Vaccinations while infections are still going on are causing mutations. This thing may never go away, as those who take the Jab become vaccine resistant. The CDC, WHO and pharma may turn this into Captain Trips yet.

[Bullish]

Fauci’s the disease.

[KittyKares]

Thanks.

[rb22982]

R0 in the US has averaged well below 1 since early January

[ronnie raygun]

The air down near everyone’s a## is toxic get yourself some lifts

[who knows what evil?]

America is now SoiNation.

[TheRake]

Why do we even allow this shiite to be posted from this clown of a network and this farce of a doctor.

[hawkaw]

And they are all going to Michigan, Alabama and Delaware where cases have jumped dramatically. Un huh.

While I agree with your worry about prior not being tested coming across the border, there are actually other states going through a wave with various varriants that are not border related and hopefully the vaccines will make it stop soon.

[RatRipper]

Does that mean the Biden administration is again going to seed another COVID spike???? It was obvious the leftists seeded one right before the presidential election.

[Pollard]

Dr #RESIST Fauxi just wants to do his little part in collapsing the USA.

[blueplum]

ok, thanks. here in Calif we missed the first wave (evacuees excepted), the second wave was our first wave, and the third wave in the fall, is still our second that never ended. So while y’all are on number 4, we’re stuck on groundhog day.