{"id":2020440,"date":"2023-09-02T17:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-urges-people-to-listen-to-health-officials-on-masking-as-covid-19-cases-rise-in-us\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:02:16","slug":"fauci-urges-people-to-listen-to-health-officials-on-masking-as-covid-19-cases-rise-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-urges-people-to-listen-to-health-officials-on-masking-as-covid-19-cases-rise-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci advises following health officials on masks as US COVID-19 cases surge."},"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\">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%2Ffauci-urges-people-to-listen-to-health-officials-on-masking-as-covid-19-cases-rise-in-us%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=2020440&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--><h2>Former White House Chief Medical \u200dAdviser Urges Citizens to Listen to Health Officials<\/h2>\n<p>As COVID-19 cases surge in \u200cthe United States \u200bduring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">late summer<\/a>, former White House chief \u200dmedical adviser Anthony \u2064Fauci is once again defending\u200b the \u200bimportance of masking. He is concerned that people will \u2062not \u2063heed the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as cases rise in cities like Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC reported a 19%\u2063 increase\u200d in COVID-19 hospitalizations and an 18% increase in deaths \u200bin the\u200c last week, further emphasizing the urgency of\u2062 the situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Fauci&#8217;s Plea for Compliance<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am concerned that people will not \u200cabide by\u200b recommendations,\u201d Fauci expressed to CNN. \u201cI would hope that if we \u200cget\u2062 to the point \u2064that the volume \u2064of cases is such and organizations like the CDC recommends, CDC does not \u2064mandate anything,\u200d recommends that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-data-for-masked-vs-unmasked-counties-would-be-on-every-front-page-if-it-showed-a-different-result\/\" title=\"This Data For Masked Vs Unmasked Counties Would Be On Every Front Page, If It Showed a Different Result\">people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">wear masks<\/a><\/a>, I would hope that people abide by that recommendation and take into account the risks to themselves and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These remarks come after Fauci downplayed the severity of the two new strains of the coronavirus, \u2064assuring\u200d the public that there would not be a &#8220;tsunami&#8221; of new cases like what was witnessed during the height of \u200cthe pandemic. Fauci played\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">prominent role<\/a> in\u2063 the federal response to the pandemic \u2064under both former President Donald Trump \u200dand President \u200bJoe\u2063 Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci also addressed the effectiveness of masks, emphasizing their individual benefits. This response was prompted by a study \u200cearlier this year that questioned the efficacy of masks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re talking about the effect on the pandemic as a whole, the data is less strong,\u201d \u200bFauci explained. \u201cBut \u200cwhen you \u200ctalk about an individual \u200cbasis of someone protecting themselves \u2063\u2026 There\u2019s no \u200bdoubt that \u200cthere\u2019s many studies that show that there is an advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to \u2064the CDC, \u2063there were 15,067 hospitalizations from the coronavirus between August 13\u200c and August 19, 2023.\u200d As cases continue\u200c to rise, some businesses \u200care once again requiring employees and guests to wear masks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here\u200c to \u2062read more from The Washington \u200dExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci reiterated the importance of masking amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases. 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