{"id":1132660,"date":"2021-12-19T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132660"},"modified":"2021-12-19T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:05:12","slug":"fauci-responds-to-kamala-harris-claim-that-biden-admin-failed-to-anticipate-rise-in-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-responds-to-kamala-harris-claim-that-biden-admin-failed-to-anticipate-rise-in-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Responds To Kamala Harris Claim That Biden Admin Failed To Anticipate Rise In Variants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ffauci-responds-to-kamala-harris-claim-that-biden-admin-failed-to-anticipate-rise-in-variants%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=1132660&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>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President, pushed back on Sunday against a politically disastrous claim made by Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview last week.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci disputed comments that Harris made to the Los Angeles Times after she said that the administration failed to anticipate the rise in coronavirus variants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not \u2014 upon whose advice and direction we have relied \u2014 didn\u2019t see Delta coming,\u201d Harris told the Los Angeles Times in an interview. \u201cWe didn\u2019t see Omicron coming. And that\u2019s the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-12-17\/kamala-harris-in-interview-says-administration-did-not-anticipate-omicron-variant\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>President Biden celebrated \u201cindependence\u201d from the virus in an upbeat July 4 speech, saying, \u201cWhile the virus hasn\u2019t been vanquished, we know this: It no longer controls our lives. It no longer paralyzes our nation. And it\u2019s within our power to make sure it never does again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At the time, some public health experts warned that his optimism was premature, given that the Delta variant was already a significant threat. Harris denied that the administration declared victory prematurely, or ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not been victorious over it,\u201d Harris added. \u201cI don\u2019t think that in any regard anyone can claim victory when, you know, there are 800,000 people who are dead because of this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci responded to Harris\u2019 remarks during an interview on Sunday on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe definitely saw variants coming,\u201d Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/fauci-variants-omicron-mutations-unprecedented\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cWhat was not anticipated was the extent of the mutations in the amino acid substitutions in omicron, which was really unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President, pushed back on Sunday against a politically disastrous claim made by Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview last week.Fauci disputed comments that Harris made to the Los Angeles Times after she said that the administration failed to anticipate the rise in coronavirus variants.\u201cWe didn\u2019t see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not \u2014 upon whose advice and direction we have relied \u2014 didn\u2019t see Delta coming,\u201d Harris told the Los Angeles Times in an interview. \u201cWe didn\u2019t see Omicron coming. And that\u2019s the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants.\u201dThe Times reported:President Biden celebrated \u201cindependence\u201d from the virus in an upbeat July 4 speech, saying, \u201cWhile the virus hasn\u2019t been vanquished, we know this: It no longer controls our lives. It no longer paralyzes our nation. And it\u2019s within our power to make sure it never does again.\u201dAt the time, some public health experts warned that his optimism was premature, given that the Delta variant was already a significant threat. Harris denied that the administration declared victory prematurely, or ever.\u201cWe have not been victorious over it,\u201d Harris added. \u201cI don\u2019t think that in any regard anyone can claim victory when, you know, there are 800,000 people who are dead because of this virus.\u201dFauci responded to Harris\u2019 remarks during an interview on Sunday on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d\u201cWe definitely saw variants coming,\u201d Fauci said.\u00a0\u201cWhat was not anticipated was the extent of the mutations in the amino acid substitutions in omicron, which was really unprecedented.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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