Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson comments on the convoy to CTV:
"It's disturbing when you see the protest turning into what looks like some kind of a fun carnival, where they've got bouncy castles, and hot tubs, and saunas"
Posted on 02/09/2022 9:55:11 AM PST by lightman
White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said the United States is past the “full-blown” COVID-19 pandemic phase as more and more officials suggest an end to mandates and rules.
Speaking with the Financial Times, Fauci said since there is no way to fully eliminate COVID-19, caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, “we are looking at a time when we have enough people vaccinated and enough people with protection from previous infection that the COVID restrictions will soon be a thing of the past.”
Fauci’s reference to prior infection, known as “natural immunity,” is notable because, for months, Fauci and other top federal health officials have solely pushed COVID-19 vaccines as the way to defeat the pandemic. Last year, during interviews with the press, Fauci would often downplay natural immunity in favor of vaccines.
In the interview Tuesday, Fauci also suggested that booster shots may not be needed for all Americans.
“It will depend on who you are,” he said. “But if you are a normal, healthy 30-year-old person with no underlying conditions, you might need a booster only every four or five years.”
Meanwhile, in the near future, the government response to the pandemic will be primarily handled at the local level with little federal involvement. He didn’t say specifically when COVID-19 restrictions such as mask or vaccine mandates would end but could be done away with “soon,” according to the Financial Times.
“As we get out of the full-blown pandemic phase of COVID-19,” Fauci told the paper. “Which we are certainly heading out of, these decisions will increasingly be made on a local level rather than centrally decided or mandated. There will also be more people making their own decisions on how they want to deal with the virus.”
His remarks come as several Democrat-led states such as California, New Jersey, Delaware, and New York have moved to rescind mask mandates statewide, although some municipalities have opted to keep them. Some federal officials, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, also still favor masking in certain settings.
“We continue to endorse universal masking in schools,” Walensky told Reuters this week, adding that federal officials will “continue to recommend masking in areas of high and substantial transmission—that is essentially everywhere in the country in public indoor settings.”
A recent spike in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant has dropped across most of the United States in recent days. Hospitalizations from the CCP virus have also fallen significantly over the past two weeks or so, according to federal data.
The moves to simultaneously ease rhetoric on COVID-19 and end certain restrictions come just months before the 2022 midterm elections as Democrats have thin majorities in both houses of Congress. A Jan. 31 Monmouth poll found that at least 70 percent of Americans agree that “it’s time we accept that COVID is here to stay.”
WHEN WILL HE BE A “THING” OF THE PAST?
Let me guess..right before the midterms
All of them have to pay for what they did to society through this pandemic.
if you are a normal, healthy 30-year-old person with no underlying conditions, you might need a booster only every four or five years.
fauci says, the new follow directions game like simon says, only deadlier.
The Great and Powerful OZ has spoken!..................
Not until most of the population is either dead or rendered infertile
If the stock market jumps, this will be real. If not, he’s just being Two-Faced Tony, as usual.
That's a Bingo!
Not up to double nozzle Falsie. People have decided it’s over. He now irrelevant. In a just world he would be behind bars at a minimum.
“Let the UNmasking begin!”
I live in Florida. What is this ‘masking’ thing?
When does his trial for crimes against humanity begin?
This little puke is all over the map. Its like he’s got diarrhea of the mouth and just doesn’t know when to shutup.
White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said the United States is past the “full-blown” COVID-19 pandemic phase as more and more officials suggest an end to mandates and rules.
Weird coincidence that this sudden change occurs at the beginning of the 2022 campaign season.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson comments on the convoy to CTV:
"It's disturbing when you see the protest turning into what looks like some kind of a fun carnival, where they've got bouncy castles, and hot tubs, and saunas"
Who cares what this unelected person thinks? His opinions bear no weight.
“If the stock market jumps, this will be real. “
I am up 3% today!
At least they didn’t use “teases” again.
Then, he pivots quickly and hurries to get out in front, so he can “lead” and claim it was all him, his ideas and timing that have saved us.
After all, he is The Science, doncha know, and we’re so lucky to have him where he is when we’ve needed him the most.
Yeah, buddy … so lucky.
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