{"id":1409275,"date":"2022-03-30T08:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409275"},"modified":"2022-03-30T08:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:01:26","slug":"fauci-prepare-for-new-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-prepare-for-new-covid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci: Prepare for New COVID Restrictions"},"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\">12<\/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-prepare-for-new-covid-restrictions%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=1409275&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 id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">White House chief medical adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/anthony-fauci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a> on Sunday warned about the potential for the reinstatement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> restrictions in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In an interview on the BBC&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning,&#8221; Fauci said U.S. residents &#8220;need to be prepared for the possibility&#8221; of restrictions being put back into place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/fauci-does-not-anticipate-major-covid-19-surge-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FAUCI SAYS HE DOES NOT ANTICIPATE MAJOR COVID-19 SURGE IN US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presenter Sophie Raworth asked if a new infectious COVID-19 variant could lead to future lockdowns and mask mandates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to use the word \u2018lockdowns.\u2019 That has a charged element to it. But, I believe that we must keep our eye on the pattern of what we&#8217;re seeing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infections,<\/a>&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0bxsxft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>, noting that the U.S. is currently moving toward normalcy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having said that, we need to be prepared for the possibility that we would have another variant that would come along,&#8221; Fauci noted. &#8220;And then, if things change and we do get a variant that does give us an uptick in cases and hospitalization, we should be prepared and flexible enough to pivot toward going back \u2013 at least temporarily \u2013 to a more rigid type of restrictions, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/cdc-loosens-mask-restrictions-in-updated-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requiring masks indoor<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/Fauci.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4, 2021.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4, 2021.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cases, hospitalizations and deaths have fallen rapidly in the U.S. since the winter&#8217;s COVID-19 surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/region\/united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Data<\/a> from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center shows the U.S. reported 42,967 new cases and 985 new deaths in the past day, whereas daily deaths in January exceeded 4,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the highly transmissible BA.2 omicron sub-variant that is spreading across the globe currently makes up <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">54.9%<\/a> of cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/long-covid-symptoms-may-depend-variant-individual-contracted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LONG COVID SYMPTOMS MAY DEPEND ON THE VARIANT A PERSON CONTRACTED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fauci cautioned that the &#8220;same conditions&#8221; that appear to be driving the resurgence of cases in Europe are happening in the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the greater transmissibility of the BA.2, it&#8217;s the relaxation of restriction, particularly in the context of indoor masking in congregate settings, and also the fact that immunity, due to both vaccination as well as people who have been previously infected, tends to wane with SARS-CoV-2 \u2013 particularly with omicron,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Fauci said he does not expect another major COVID-19 surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would not be surprised at all, if we do see somewhat of an uptick,&#8221; Fauci told a Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/fauci-does-not-anticipate-major-covid-19-surge-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really see, unless something changes dramatically, that there would be a major surge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the administration now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/white-house-no-funds-fourth-covid-vaccine-dose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">out<\/a> of funds for a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose, America&#8217;s pandemic future is murky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/healthcare\/4th-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-dose-authorized-fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">moved<\/a> to authorize a second booster of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for people ages 50 and older.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CDC is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fda-authorizes-second-covid-booster-33e81ee1daddd9ff04c136db620aa1ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expected<\/a> to weigh in on the decision.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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