Dr. Fauci: Omicron will infect 'just about everybody'

The Hill ^ | 01/12/2022 | Lexi Lonas

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Infectious disease expert and White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that “just about everybody” will eventually be infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

“Omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility, will, ultimately, find just about everybody,” Fauci told the Center for Strategic and International Studies during a “fireside chat.”

"Those who have been vaccinated and vaccinated and boosted would get exposed. Some, maybe a lot of them, will get infected but will very likely, with some exceptions, do reasonably well in the sense of not having hospitalization and death,” he added.

The omicron variant was discovered in November and has since caused a surge in cases around the world, prompting some countries, states and cities to put restrictions back in place.

Omicron is the most transmissible variant to appear so far, but seems to cause fewer hospitalizations and deaths than previous mutations of the virus.

Fauci’s comment follows a similar remark Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, made at a Senate hearing Tuesday, when she said “it’s hard to process what’s actually happening right now, which is most people are going to get COVID.”

Fauci defended Woodcock’s remarks in a COVID-19 briefing Wednesday saying Woodcock did not mean to imply “most of us were ultimately going to get sick with omicron.”

“Remember, she was talking about the data that we all showed about the extraordinary effect and dichotomy between people who get Omicron who get vaccinated and boosted how well they are protected against hospitalization, and death,” Fauci said.

“What she was referring to is that virtually everybody is going to wind up getting exposed and likely get infected but if you're vaccinated and if you're boosting, the chances of getting sick have very, very low,” he added.

Although individuals who are vaccinated or have been previously infected with COVID-19 can contract omicron, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly higher among those who are unvaccinated.

Hospitals around the country are becoming overwhelmed with cases as some states, including New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia, have declared emergencies to deal with the surge caused by omicron.

In light of the new variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly considering recommending Americans wear higher-quality N95 or KN95 masks.

[Antoninus]

Hell of a vax you got there, Falsi.

[unixfox]

So we are all going to get another cold?

Guess I better prepare.

[House Atreides]

No scheisse, Sherlock.

[o-n-money]

The Godfather of the disease should know.

[NWFree]

That’s what Dr Fubar the fake said about the original variant and it still hasn’t been able to catch me 🤪

[NWFree]

That’s what Dr Fubar the fake said about the original variant and it still hasn’t been able to catch me 🤪

[Trillian]

[A Navy Vet]

Oh noes, another friggin head cold according to studies. I'll deal with it.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! Help me Dr. Fauxi.

[BenLurkin]

[Pearls Before Swine]

Fauxi saying this, Walensky... “you’ll get infected, but the boosters guarantee it will be mild.” Then Walensky says today, “people are still dying from Delta, but not Omicron.”

This seems like a coordinated PR campaign to arbitrage the reality of mild Omicron taking over as a natural vaccine with their desire to keep vaccinating and claim success when the Omicron wave eventually and inevitably dies down.

[Vendome]

 

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/12-03-2021-lab-alert-CDC_Update_SARS-CoV-2_Omicron_Variant.html

***Not my information***

What Laboratories Should Know:

There are no authorized, cleared, or approved diagnostic tests to specifically detect SARS-CoV-2 variants (Omicron or other variants). Currently, COVID-19 tests are designed and authorized to check broadly for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, not for specific variants.

The Omicron variant has a deletion in the spike (S) gene (Δ69-70). Some molecular tests with multiple genetic targets include a target covering the portion of the S gene where the deletion occurs. The presence of this mutation can result in an S-gene target failure (SGTF, also referred to as an S-gene drop out). The S-gene target will fail (return as negative) while other targets are expected to remain positive in the presence of this virus. SGTF can signal the need for sequencing to characterize the variant in a specimen.

SGTF has been observed in other variants and thus is not specific to the Omicron variant

When one can refer to the sometimes “beloved” CDC and find information such as this, those who cite the CDC as secular gospel ignore Data such as this. This would include all the previous “variants” breathlessly announced in past months.

Continuing the citation: “Results regarding the presence of the Omicron variant, or any other variant, should not be reported back to patients or providers and cannot be used for diagnostic purposes.”

CANNOT BE USED FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSE.

Odd, that.

 

[skimbell]

[Frohickey]

Did Dr Fauci just screw over Pfizer and Moderna stock prices?

[Vendome]

What demented Geppetto carved this Devil Worshipin, Satanic Inspired, Garden Gnome...???

[Terry L Smith]

I believe nothing this Communist China loving rat says.

[jdsteel]

....virtually everybody is going to wind up getting exposed and likely get infected but if you’re vaccinated and if you’re boosting, the chances of getting sick have very, very low...

As opposed with those with natural immunity or even NO immunity, who’s chances of getting very sick are very, very low.

[Shady]

He ought to know, He developed it. Quackony Fauxi, Lord of the Bat Viruses, Revised to take out Orange Man.

[Candor7]

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES !

BE AFRAID YOU SCUM!

[HIDEK6]

Is “infect” a typo? Should be “infest.”