{"id":1570353,"date":"2022-07-25T17:22:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570353"},"modified":"2022-07-25T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:23:01","slug":"fauci-we-were-always-aware-of-natural-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-we-were-always-aware-of-natural-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci: We Were \u2018Always Aware\u2019 of Natural Immunity"},"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\">16<\/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-we-were-always-aware-of-natural-immunity%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=1570353&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>White House adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-anthony-fauci\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> said Monday that he and other health officials were \u201calways aware\u201d of the protection afforded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> natural immunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were always aware that if you get infected, you have a degree of protection against reinfection,\u201d Fauci remarked in response to a question from a\u00a0reporter with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillTVLive\/status\/1551637837434523655\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He later said that the protection afforded by natural immunity and vaccination \u201cwanes over a period of time,\u201d which is \u201cvery, very different\u201d from other infections like polio, smallpox, and measles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who were talking about natural immunity were making an assumption \u2026 that once you get infected, you are essentially protected very, very well for a period of time,\u201d Fauci said. He claimed that individuals who have been infected and vaccinated have the best protection, describing that phenomenon as \u201chybrid immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci and other federal health officials have favored COVID-19 vaccinations over natural immunity and have frequently urged Americans to get both vaccines and booster shots, while often suggesting that unvaccinated individuals were to blame for the continued spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>On July 11, 2021, Fauci also called on local governments and schools to require COVID-19 vaccines, telling CNN that \u201cthere should be more mandates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration last September also tried to issue a sweeping vaccine mandate for tens of millions of workers at private businesses, which was ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-blocks-business-vaccine-rule-declines-to-stay-healthcare-worker-mandate_4211577.html\">struck down by the Supreme Court<\/a> in January as well as a mandate requiring most health care staff to receive the shots. When asked about the vaccine mandates in October 2021, Fauci defended the administration\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings like mandating, be they masks or vaccinations, they\u2019re very important,\u201d Fauci told Fox News on Oct. 17, 2021. \u201cWe\u2019re not living in a vacuum as individuals. We\u2019re living in a society,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House adviser Anthony Fauci said Monday that he and other health officials were \u201calways aware\u201d of the protection afforded by COVID-19 natural immunity. \u201cWe were always aware that if you get infected, you have a degree of protection against reinfection,\u201d Fauci remarked in response to a question from a\u00a0reporter with The Hill. 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