Posted on 03/20/2022 10:56:05 AM PDT by lightman
White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Sunday that he does not believe the new variant of the coronavirus will lead to a surge in cases or a return to pandemic lockdowns.
During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," Fauci told host George Stephanopoulos that the new BA.2 variant is more transmissible than the original omicron variant of the virus. He said it is about 50-60 percent more transmissible and could become the dominant variant in the U.S.
According to Fauci, the new variant is "about 80 plus percent, 85 percent of the isolate" whereas, in the U.S., it is only about 30 percent.
But the doctor explained that it does not appear to result in more severe cases or evade immune responses from vaccinations or natural immunity.
"The bottom line is we likely will see an uptick in cases as we've seen in the European countries, particularly the U.K., where they've had the same situation as we've had now," Fauci said. "They have BA.2. They have a relaxation of some restrictions such as indoor masking and there's a waning of immunity."
"Hopefully, we won't see a surge. I don't think we will," he continued. "The easiest way to prevent that is to continue to get people vaccinated. And for those who have been vaccinated, to continue to get them boosted. So, thatโs really where we stand right now."
Asked by Stephanopoulos if there was any reason to reverse the easing of pandemic restrictions that have been happening across the country, Fauci said he does not see that happening.
"I don't think so, George. Not right now," Fauci said. "I don't see us going back into any more really very restrict kinds of restrictions. But you always have to have the flexibility."
States and cities across the country have begun easing coronavirus restrictions, with Hawaii being the only state still with an indoor mask mandate in place. Hawaii's mask mandate will end starting March 26.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also updated its guidance to no longer recommend indoor masking in areas that do not have a high level of COVID transmission, which means most people in the U.S. will not be advised to wear masks indoors.
He will say just the opposite tomorrow and something completely different the day after that.
The pattern should be obvious by now.
I don’t care what the Troll says. He should be hanging from a lamp post somewhere.
Why say something that you don’t know. That’s the problem with Fauci...He predicts on false premises. Back in February of 2020, he said don’t worry about this virus...we’re watching it. President said the same thing in his SOTU and got crucified.
Fazi’s still around ... must postpone the grand celebration, stow away the bunting and flags, maintain the band on-call, and keep the champagne chilling for yet another day ...
“Hawaii being the only state still with an indoor mask mandate in place.” (ending on March 26)
What are those little devices? The packaging tells me they are meant for Toddlers.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Box cutters, or if you prefer utility knives.
Fauci can take off his mask and kiss our collective azzes.
“meant for Toddlers”-but only in China and terrorist areas of the Middle East...
I couldnโt care less what Fauci thinks. I seriously wish that jackass would go away.
I think omicron pretty much ended it, anyway.
He PAID OUR MONEY TO CREATE THESE VIRUSES.
Begun? We dropped that nonsense over a year ago. Everything had been open at full capacity and only a few little virtue signalers have pieces of dirty laundry strapped to their faces anymore.
I think several states dropped that silly stuff quite some time ago.
Oh! Let Daddy do any cutting. Junior can watch and learn.
Little Sister can only watch. For Ma-Ma to do any workplace cutting is Harem!! Different rules for Kafir.
Today, let’s see tomorrow
I don’t really give a fig what this AH has to say about anything.
Of gee! Iโm so relieved.
Since this all was a man made deal-—those who manufactured it know it’s pathways.
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