People who don't wear masks are 'encroaching on others' individual rights': Fauci defends new CDC mask guidance for the vaccinated as he warns things are 'going to get worse' with COVID
Daily Mail
August 1, 2021
'I don't think we're going to see lockdowns,' Fauci told Jonathan Karl of ABC's This Week on Sunday. 'I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country – not enough to crush the outbreak – but I believe enough to allow us to not get into the situation we were in last winter.'
The nation's top infectious disease expert warned, however, that 'things are gonna get worse' and the number of COVID-19 cases will continue to rise because so many Americans are still unvaccinated. 'We have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not getting vaccinated,' he said. 'The unvaccinated, who have a much, much, much greater chance of being infected in the first place, are the ones most vulnerable to getting severe illness that might lead to hospitalization and, in some cases, death.'
He added: 'So we're looking, not to lockdown, but we're looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we're seeing the cases go up, which is the reason why we keep saying over and over again, the solution to this is get vaccinated or this would not be happening.'
While this week the nation saw a surge in Americans getting the shot, as coronavirus cases rise driven largely by the more infectious delta variant, still only about 60 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated.
2 comments:
I was raised during a period of deadly diseases such as Polio and Small Pox. We were vaccinated because we observed the deadly effects of these types of diseases. Vaccinations eradicated these diseases. When my clinic announced this year that they had the vaccinations on hand, I insisted that I receive it. Thus I was fully vaccinated early on. I still carry a mask with me and if I find myself in a crowded poorly ventilated situation, I wear it. Please get vaccinated.
I believe that most Americans have simply had enough of the government (state or federal) telling them what they can and can't do. Fauci probably agrees which is why he doesn't think we'll see lockdowns.
A less "I'm your mother, do what I tell you" approach from the government would probably get better results.
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