{"id":1045752,"date":"2021-11-22T20:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1045752"},"modified":"2021-11-22T20:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T01:29:06","slug":"anthony-fauci-warns-of-relaxing-mask-mandates-prematurely-links-it-to-child-vaccination-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anthony-fauci-warns-of-relaxing-mask-mandates-prematurely-links-it-to-child-vaccination-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Fauci Warns of Relaxing Mask Mandates &#039;Prematurely,&#039; Links It to Child Vaccination Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanthony-fauci-warns-of-relaxing-mask-mandates-prematurely-links-it-to-child-vaccination-rates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1045752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday warned states and local governments not to roll back mask mandates \u201cprematurely,\u201d suggesting it will largely hinge on child vaccination rates. However, he failed to identify an exact time masks will no longer be in the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on NPR\u2019s <em>Morning Edition<\/em>, the White House medical adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/582616-fauci-warns-about-prematurely-dropping-mask-mandate-as-dc-lifts-requirement\">suggested<\/a> that the move Washington, DC, made to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/16\/d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-finally-gives-individuals-the-right-to-remove-masks\/\">relax<\/a> the mask mandate \u201cadds an extra degree of risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a dynamic like that \u2026 you really gotta be careful,\u201d Fauci said, asserting that \u201cmasks are not going to be forever for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more people that get vaccinated, the more people that get boosted, the lower the level of infection in the community will be, and then you start thinking about pulling back on masks,\u201d he said, offering no exact timeline, instead moving the goalposts once again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you don\u2019t want to do it [relax mask requirements] prematurely,\u201d he said. \u201cAs much as you\u2019d like to do it, you\u2019ve got to be careful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the <em>New York Times\u2019<\/em> daily coronavirus tracker, D.C. is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/us\/covid-cases.html\">reporting<\/a> a daily average of 94 cases, or 13 per capita. That reflects a case rate increase of 18 percent over the last two weeks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notably, D.C.\u2019s per capita rate is higher than Florida\u2019s, which is reporting the lowest in the nation: seven per 100,000. Notably, the Sunshine State has never had a statewide mask mandate in place.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16166510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1256001941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16166510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1256001941.jpg\" alt=\"DeSantis\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Fauci ultimately said it is \u201c<\/span>tough to predict\u201d when mask mandates should end but suggested it largely hinges on the rate of coronavirus vaccinations among children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do a good job in getting the overwhelming majority of that cohort vaccinated, we very well may have a situation where the cases go down and we can say no masks,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cI hope that that\u2019s as we get through the winter and into the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/30\/fact-check-joe-biden-falsely-claims-fauci-didnt-flip-flop-on-efficacy-of-masks\/\">flip-flopped<\/a> on mask usage throughout the pandemic, originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/06\/02\/report-anthony-fauci-said-released-emails-drug-store-masks-not-really-effective\/\">admitting<\/a> in an email that drug store masks are \u201cnot really effective in keeping out virus.\u201d He also made a similar statement during an interview with<em> 60 Minutes<\/em> in March 2020, stating,&nbsp;\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to be walking around with a mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has since publicly altered his position, even showing support for double masking despite previously dismissing the efficacy of masks.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, in 2019, Fauci seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/16\/anthony-fauci-dismissed-masks-2019-paranoid-tool\/\">dismissed<\/a> masks, calling them a tool of the \u201cparanoid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday warned states and local governments not to roll back mask mandates \u201cprematurely,\u201d suggesting it will largely hinge on child vaccination rates. 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