{"id":1172556,"date":"2021-12-30T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172556"},"modified":"2021-12-30T12:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:19:10","slug":"anthony-fauci-data-suggests-significant-lessening-of-severity-of-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anthony-fauci-data-suggests-significant-lessening-of-severity-of-omicron\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Fauci: Data Suggests &#039;Significant Lessening of Severity&#039; of Omicron"},"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\">20<\/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-data-suggests-significant-lessening-of-severity-of-omicron%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=1172556&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 admitted on Wednesday that the omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus appears to be less severe than previous strains as blue-led areas across the country reimplement mask mandates and introduce coercive vaccination requirements out of fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr at this point, is it more about preventing further disruptions and learning how to live with the virus?\u201d a reporter said,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/12\/29\/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-76\/\">asking<\/a>&nbsp;health officials to clarify their goal with the coronavirus moving forward.<\/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>\u201cIt would be helpful if you can just kind of articulate where we are at this stage of the pandemic with respect to transmissibility and the expectation that many more people, even those who are vaccinated and boosted, will likely be infected with omicron,\u201d the reporter continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cObviously, as we get further and further in the experience with omicron \u2014 and perhaps even variants that might come after that \u2014 it\u2019s very, very clear,\u201d Fauci said, explaining that data suggests that omicron is a milder variant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, with omicron, if you have a larger number of infections \u2014 and as the data that I presented here indicate that there is \u2014 it looks like a significant lessening of severity compared to others \u2014 it becomes much more relevant as to what the seriousness of the impact on society is,\u201d he said, adding that they will \u201cnever\u201d stop counting tests:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But we\u2019re looking forward, as I think everyone feels is appropriate, that, ultimately, when we\u2019re going to have to, quote, \u201clive\u201d with something that will not be eradicated and very likely would not be eliminated, but can actually be at such a lower level of control \u2014 namely a control that does not disrupt society, does not disrupt the economy \u2014 that it will be much more relevant as to what the level of seriousness of impact is, as opposed to infection, which might turn out to be milder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo we very well may see a transition in that direction as the months go by,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, the Biden administration, as well as blue state leaders, have continued to implement further mandates \u2014 from vaccine passport requirements in New York City to continued mask mandates on planes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14199347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/family-waiting-board-Southwest-Airlines-masks-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14199347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/family-waiting-board-Southwest-Airlines-masks-ap.jpg\" alt=\"A family wearing masks waits to board a Southwest Airlines flight Sunday, May 24, 2020 at Kansas City International airport in Kansas City, Mo. About three dozen passengers boarded the plane with a capacity of nearly 150 as people are opting not to travel on the normally busy Memorial Day holiday to minimize the chance of spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recently, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/12\/09\/w-h-o-data-suggests-omicron-causes-milder-disease-than-delta\/\">cited<\/a> data from South Africa, suggesting the omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus \u201ccauses milder disease than delta.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted on Wednesday that the omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus appears to be less severe than previous strains as blue-led areas across the country reimplement mask &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-1172556","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\/1172556","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172556\/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=1172556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}