{"id":1128280,"date":"2021-12-17T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128280"},"modified":"2021-12-17T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:58:50","slug":"anthony-fauci-predicts-more-hospitalizations-deaths-over-winter-as-omicron-dominates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anthony-fauci-predicts-more-hospitalizations-deaths-over-winter-as-omicron-dominates\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Fauci Predicts More Hospitalizations &#038; Deaths over Winter as Omicron Dominates"},"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\">24<\/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-predicts-more-hospitalizations-deaths-over-winter-as-omicron-dominates%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=1128280&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237275830-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci reportedly said Thursday the coronavirus omicron variant will become the dominant strain of the virus within weeks, perhaps overwhelming hospitals\u2019 ability to treat patients.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\" readability=\"33.791730474732\">\n<p>\u201cIt [Omicron] is the most transmissible virus of Covid that we had to deal with thus far,\u201d Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/586159-fauci-omicron-likely-dominant-in-us-in-few-weeks-warns-hospitals-could-be\">told<\/a> U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, according to the <em>Hill<\/em>. He predicted it would soon become dominant in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci, who claims to represent science, warned the winter could bring a rise in deaths and hospitalizations due to the flu and the delta and omicron variants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\" readability=\"11\">\n<p>\u201cBesides the toll of suffering and death which will inevitably go up if in fact we have that convergence in the winter months of flu and omicron and delta, we could get our hospital systems overwhelmed,\u201d Fauci warned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-106990501\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"InlineVideo-0\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineBackgroundImageContainer\">\n<div class=\"undefined PlayButton-container \" readability=\"9.3455284552846\">\n<div class=\"PlayButton-featured PlayButton-base \" data-type=\"play\" readability=\"13.772357723577\">\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at the pace of the infections now, things will get worse as we go into the depth of the winter,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/16\/fauci-says-omicron-will-become-dominant-covid-variant-soon-urges-booster-shots.html\">said<\/a>, per CNBC. \u201cAnd with omicron breathing down our back, things could get really bad, particularly for the unvaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fauci also revealed&nbsp;the delta variant is resurgent and considers it a cause for alarm.<\/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>\u201cDelta is still a serious problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at the delta that we\u2019re dealing with right now, we\u2019re having an increase in every parameter, an increase in cases, an increase in hospitalization and deaths are still at 1,100.\u201d Fauci continued. \u201cSo we are in for a difficult situation, particularly among those who are unvaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fauci Opens Door To More COVID Restrictions: \u201cWe May Need To Be More Restrictive\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jprscPihbW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Deaths from the Chinese coronavirus&nbsp;have&nbsp;reportedly spiked 14 percent in last weeks. Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/09\/coronavirus-deaths-spike-14-percent-two-weeks-bidens-promise-shut-down-virus\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15.535783365571\">\n<p>While President Biden promised to \u201cshut down the virus\u201d at least ten times during the 2020 presidential campaign, the Chinese coronavirus has&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/covid-cases-deaths-vaccines-omicron-0623380c-e665-435d-a144-4996e74ef5ff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">remained<\/a>&nbsp;a threat to Americans,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/08\/coronavirus-deaths-in-joe-bidens-first-10-months-in-office-surpass-death-toll-under-trump\/\">killing<\/a>&nbsp;more people in the past ten months than it did during Donald Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus is killing roughly 1,300 American citizens per day on average, according to Axios. Infections have also reportedly increased 26 percent in two weeks. The United States is experiencing about&nbsp;120,000 new cases on a daily average.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result, Fauci&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/08\/fauci-americans-should-require-holiday-guests-to-prove-vaccination-status\/\">suggested<\/a>&nbsp;Americans hosting holiday parties&nbsp;should require guests to be vaccinated to participate in celebrations with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should, if they invite people over to their home, to essentially ask and maybe require that people show evidence that they are vaccinated,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci reportedly said Thursday the coronavirus omicron variant will become the dominant strain of the virus within weeks, perhaps overwhelming hospitals\u2019 ability to treat patients. \u201cIt [Omicron] &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}