Dr. Fauci Sends COVID Skeptics This Fiery Message
"Get rid of these ridiculous conspiracy theories and realize this is a public health crisis," Dr. Fauci said. “The data speak for themselves.”Dr. Fauci was asked by the Board about the state-by-state restrictions being implemented. Some are instituting curfews; other stay-at-home advisories. The national government is not tying them together. Earlier this week, Fauci argued for a more "unified approach.
Since Labor Day weekend, COVID-19 cases have been rising in most of the country—something Dr. Anthony Fauci, key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the nation's leading infectious disease expert, warned about. However, there are still communities who have managed to control infections in their population. During a town hall with the Navajo Nation Leadership, Dr. Fauci praised the community for their proactive response to the coronavirus pandemic, revealing their secrets of success and offering suggestions to them—and the rest of us—in the months ahead. Read on to find out more, and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci Says This "Innocent" Activity Could Get You Killed
Dr. Fauci worries that Thanksgiving travel will cause a surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases that might overwhelm hospitals. "When you think of the holiday season and the congregating indoors at what are innocent, lovely functions like meals with family and friends, you've got to really think" of the risk factors, said Fauci.
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Dr. Fauci explains that while the Navajo Nation was hit particularly hard at the beginning of the pandemic, they managed to get back to a baseline by following his famous fundamentals.
"You rose to the occasion and responded in a way—despite the difficulties of the experience that you were having—to bring down the level of new cases to a very, very low level. And you did that by abiding by the things that I have been speaking about to the rest of the country, almost on a daily basis—wearing a mask uniformly, avoiding close contact, avoiding crowds, trying to do things outdoors versus indoors," he said.
Dr. Fauci Warns of "Stunning Number of Deaths"
Dr. Fauci says, “it is conceivable that the 200,000 cases—the deaths that are now between 1,000 and 2,000 a day—if they go up.”In an interview with Alexander Nazaryan of Yahoo! News yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor, warned these hospitalizations can lead to more deaths. "If you look at where we are right now—at over a quarter of a million deaths over a relatively brief period of time in which you've had an early spring surge and early summer surge—now we're entering into a very vulnerable period," he warned.
"The reason you should be proud of what you've accomplished is that you have proven that when you do these public health measures, you can turn around a serious surge of infection. And I believe if the rest of the country looks at the model that the Navajo nation has shown that you can turn things around by carefully and assiduously adhering to the, of avoiding infection that we may see this happen throughout the country."
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He then pointed out that this is becoming more important now that the seasons are starting to change and flu season is just a month away.
"With regard to entering the flu season in the fall and the winter, we should try as best as we can to get as many people vaccinated with the flu shot as we possibly can," he suggested. "And the general recommendations of the CDC are to recommend that anyone six months of age or older gets vaccinated for flu so that you can prevent confluence of potentially two respiratory borne illnesses, because we know that the coronavirus SARS coronavirus II is not going to disappear. As we go indoors, it likely will challenge us for a surge."
If You're This Old, You May Be Last to Get the COVID Vaccine, Fauci Says
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the last group to be vaccinated against coronavrius (COVID-19) will likely be children.Fauci revealed in a recent interview with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC that higher risk populations — older adults and anyone else who is considered high risk — will have first dibs on the vaccine. As for everyone else — the "general population" they will have to wait a few months, likely until late April or early May. "As you go down the list, it gets to people who are less at risk for serious disease," will be at the back end, Fauci said on NPR.
Fauci Says Flu Season May Be Milder Than Usual—With Your Help
Another benefit of following the lead of the Navajo nation in terms of mask-wearing and social distancing, is that flu season could prove to be much milder than usual.
"In the Southern hemisphere in Australia, Argentina and South Africa, whose flu season is from April to the end of August, they have found that because they have adhered to public health measures to prevent COVID-19, they have actually prevented influenza to the point that they have had the lowest level of influenza in their memory," he explained. "So that's a good lesson in the positive sense that if we get vaccinated and we superimpose upon that the public health measures that you are enacting successfully, that you may get influenza off the table in the sense of having to deal with two fluent outbreaks." As for yourself, consider skipping a fitness class, and to stay safe during this pandemic, don't miss these 35 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID.
Dr. Fauci Just Predicted These COVID Lockdowns
"We expect, as we go into December, that we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge that we're already in,” Dr. Fauci said.Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing, leading to overflowing hospitals and more and more people dying, with states fast approaching the high levels of the Spring. We are all—no matter your political affiliation, or where you live—in a "very precarious position," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Fauci: We Might Avoid Flu Season in U.S.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert, hasn't offered a surplus of good news lately. The coronavirus pandemic remains mysterious, widespread and lethal—although research on a vaccine is well underway—and the prospect of colder weather, and flu season, has health officials worried about a double-dip catastrophe. But in an interview Thursday with WTOP, Fauci said one region of the world almost skipped its recent flu season altogether by doing a few specific things, and he refereed a perceived dispute between President Trump and CDC director Robert Redfield on COVID vaccine timing. Read on to find out why he's hopeful and what you need to do. And to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci's #1 Piece of Advice For Avoiding COVID
During a Q&A with Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals the one piece of advice he has for avoiding coronavirus over the holidays.Admitting that it doesn't "sit well" with the family customs of Christmas, New Year's, and Hanukkah, Fauci suggested closing your home to immediate family only and avoiding travel. "If I recommend one thing is, diminish to the extent possible travel and keep gatherings indoor to the immediate family unit, to the extent possible," he said.
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1. We Might Be Able to Avoid a Flu Season Entirely—With Your Help
Fauci said that public-health colleagues in the Southern Hemisphere found their most recent winter (which runs April to September and is ending now) was one of the mildest flu seasons in recent memory. "They almost, as they call it, had an absent flu season," he said.
Why? "They're not sure why this is the case, but the evidence strongly suggests that all the precautions that they would take to avoid COVID during their winter—namely masks, physical separation, avoiding crowds, washing hands very well—may have averted a flu season."
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2. The Worst-Case Scenario May Not Happen
"That's something that we're not going to take for granted here," said Fauci. "We still should be getting our flu shots, for sure, the way we always do, but it is entirely possible that despite the fear that we were going to have a double whammy—namely flu season superimposed upon a continuation of COVID-19—that may not be the case."
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3. But That's Not Guaranteed
"I don't want people to get complacent about that," said Fauci. "We still should be getting flu vaccines and doing all the things we've spoken about, about the health approaches, namely with the masks and distancing and avoiding crowds."
Dr. Fauci Just Said How to Avoid COVID This Winter
According to Dr. Fauci you can avoid COVID this winter by "Wearing masks, keeping physical distances, avoiding crowds in congregate settings."Fauci told Zuckerberg "we're not in a good place." "When you look at the numbers almost every day, either breaks a record or ties a record of cases, to have a baseline of between one and 200,000 cases a day is extraordinary. When you look at the number of deaths they have between 1,000 and 2,000, we now over 90,000 hospitalizations, the total of the outbreak is over a quarter of a million deaths, 266,000 deaths. And over 13 million cases.
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4. Seriously, Get That Flu Shot
Fauci said that the seasonal flu vaccine is "obviously very important. There's no question about it. If you look at the data over many years about flu vaccines, they're not perfect. But we know from the data that flu shots not only prevent infection, they prevent people who do get infected from getting serious progressive disease sometimes resulting in hospitalization."
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5. On The COVID Vaccine Timing
This week, news reports pointed out that Fauci and CDC director Robert Redfield have expressed a different view on vaccine timing than President Trump. Redfield told a Senate hearing that a vaccine would be widely available in the middle of next year; Trump has said next month or November. "I don't think it really is a substantial disagreement regarding the president and the director of the CDC," said Fauci.
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6. How That's Possible
The difference is when a vaccine is made available and when doses "will, in practicality, be fully administered to everybody in the country," said Fauci. "What the president was saying is that it is entirely conceivable that we will have an answer by October. My projection is that it would likely be November or December. We don't know. We're just going to have to wait and see the trials."
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7. When You Might Be Able to Get Vaccinated
"Once it becomes clear that a vaccine is safe and effective, the doses that would be administered are already being manufactured," said Fauci. "So we could hit the ground running."
Dr. Fauci Just Said When We Get Back to "Normal"
In an exclusive interview with Meet The Press, U.S. Surgeon-General nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy says it is more realistic to assume that it will be closer "to mid summer or early fall when the vaccine makes its way to the general population."
If a vaccine is approved in November, starting in December, high-risk individuals and health care workers could be vaccinated from December into January or February. "What about getting everybody vaccinated so we are able to act in the sense of going back to some degree of normality?" said Fauci. "That very likely would be in the first half to the third quarter of 2021.
Of Trump and Redfield, he said, "So I think in many respects, they were both right."
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8. How to Stay Healthy
As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent getting—and spreading—COVID-19 in the first place: Mask, get tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars, and house parties), practice social distancing, only run essential errands, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently touched surfaces, and to get through this pandemic at your healthiest, don't miss these 35 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID.
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Dr. Fauci Just Said When We Get Back to "Normal" .
In an exclusive interview with Meet The Press, U.S. Surgeon-General nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy says it is more realistic to assume that it will be closer "to mid summer or early fall when the vaccine makes its way to the general population."
"Get rid of these ridiculous conspiracy theories and realize this is a public health crisis," Dr. Fauci said. “The data speak for themselves.”Dr. Fauci was asked by the Board about the state-by-state restrictions being implemented. Some are instituting curfews; other stay-at-home advisories. The national government is not tying them together. Earlier this week, Fauci argued for a more "unified approach. 
Dr. Fauci worries that Thanksgiving travel will cause a surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases that might overwhelm hospitals. "When you think of the holiday season and the congregating indoors at what are innocent, lovely functions like meals with family and friends, you've got to really think" of the risk factors, said Fauci. 
Dr. Fauci says, “it is conceivable that the 200,000 cases—the deaths that are now between 1,000 and 2,000 a day—if they go up.”In an interview with Alexander Nazaryan of Yahoo! News yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor, warned these hospitalizations can lead to more deaths. "If you look at where we are right now—at over a quarter of a million deaths over a relatively brief period of time in which you've had an early spring surge and early summer surge—now we're entering into a very vulnerable period," he warned. 
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the last group to be vaccinated against coronavrius (COVID-19) will likely be children.Fauci revealed in a recent interview with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC that higher risk populations — older adults and anyone else who is considered high risk — will have first dibs on the vaccine. As for everyone else — the "general population" they will have to wait a few months, likely until late April or early May. "As you go down the list, it gets to people who are less at risk for serious disease," will be at the back end, Fauci said on NPR. 
"We expect, as we go into December, that we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge that we're already in,” Dr. Fauci said.Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing, leading to overflowing hospitals and more and more people dying, with states fast approaching the high levels of the Spring. We are all—no matter your political affiliation, or where you live—in a "very precarious position," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 
During a Q&A with Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals the one piece of advice he has for avoiding coronavirus over the holidays.Admitting that it doesn't "sit well" with the family customs of Christmas, New Year's, and Hanukkah, Fauci suggested closing your home to immediate family only and avoiding travel. "If I recommend one thing is, diminish to the extent possible travel and keep gatherings indoor to the immediate family unit, to the extent possible," he said. 
According to Dr. Fauci you can avoid COVID this winter by "Wearing masks, keeping physical distances, avoiding crowds in congregate settings."Fauci told Zuckerberg "we're not in a good place." "When you look at the numbers almost every day, either breaks a record or ties a record of cases, to have a baseline of between one and 200,000 cases a day is extraordinary. When you look at the number of deaths they have between 1,000 and 2,000, we now over 90,000 hospitalizations, the total of the outbreak is over a quarter of a million deaths, 266,000 deaths. And over 13 million cases. 
In an exclusive interview with Meet The Press, U.S. Surgeon-General nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy says it is more realistic to assume that it will be closer "to mid summer or early fall when the vaccine makes its way to the general population." 
