“I understand that there will always be differences of opinion among people saying, ‘Well, what’s the cost-benefit balance of restriction or of masks?’ But when you have fundamental arguments about things like whether to get vaccinated or not – that is extraordinary,” Fauci said.
In final White House briefing, Fauci says he hopes he is remembered for giving it 'everything that I have' (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily press briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 22, 2022. The first is the divisiveness of our politics, which led many conservatives to distrust public health recommendations to get vaccinated and wear masks in public. On the whole, Fauci said, he sees two big problems that caused the US to stumble as it tried to control Covid-19. So we can’t just completely forget about it, we gotta continue to pay attention to it,” Fauci said.
We want to make sure we don’t forget about it completely because we still have about 150 deaths per day and there’s still a lot of virus out there. “Everybody wants this outbreak behind us. He said as long as there’s a safety net in place to help maintain access to Covid-19 drugs and vaccines, “I think it’ important to move forward.”
But when it came to the implementation of public health, the uniformity of a response, the communication, the ability to get data in real time, we really fell very short,” Fauci said.Ĭollins asked Fauci about the coming end of the public health emergency for Covid-19 and whether this is the right time to do that. “We thought we were the best-prepared country in some respects from a scientific standpoint, as manifested by the overwhelming success of the rapid development of the vaccine, that we did very well. On “CNN This Morning,” Fauci gave his assessment of the country’s performance during the pandemic. McCoy/The New York Times/ReduxĪn account of the interviews in the New York Times Magazine describes Fauci as defensive on topics about which he felt his own positions had been misconstrued, such as the origins of Covid-19, but “reflective and humble” about the pandemic and his own role in it. Fauci recently retired after decades as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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