{"id":842785,"date":"2021-10-03T19:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T23:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=842785"},"modified":"2021-10-03T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T23:29:16","slug":"fauci-slammed-after-declaring-its-just-too-soon-to-tell-if-people-can-gather-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-slammed-after-declaring-its-just-too-soon-to-tell-if-people-can-gather-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Slammed After Declaring It\u2019s \u2018Just Too Soon To Tell\u2019 If People Can Gather For Christmas"},"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\">32<\/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-slammed-after-declaring-its-just-too-soon-to-tell-if-people-can-gather-for-christmas%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=842785&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fauci.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, faced criticism on Sunday after claiming during an interview with CBS News that it was \u201ctoo soon\u201d to tell if people can get together with family and friends over Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci made the remarks during an interview with CBS News\u2019 Margaret Brennan on \u201cFace The Nation\u201d in response to the upcoming holiday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just too soon to tell,\u201d Fauci said when asked if people could gather for Christmas. \u201cWe\u2019ve just got to [be] concentrating on continuing to get those numbers down and not try to jump ahead by weeks or months and say what we\u2019re going to do at a particular time. Let\u2019s focus like a laser on continuing to get those cases down. And we can do it by people getting vaccinated, and also in the situation where boosters are appropriate to get people boosted because we know that they can help greatly in diminishing infection and diminishing advanced disease, the kinds of data that are now accumulating in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to COVID, the pandemic and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president\u2019s chief medical adviser. Good morning to you, Dr. Fauci.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. ANTHONY FAUCI: Good morning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Seven hundred thousand American[s] dead. This is now the worst pandemic the country has ever experienced. Are we close to over? Do we need to brace for another wave?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Well, you know, one of the things we want to make sure is that we have had over the last few weeks a turning around of the acceleration of this, starting to come down in cases and hospitalizations, and soon deaths. The one thing that we don\u2019t want to do is that we don\u2019t want to become complacent and say, \u201cOK, now we need to pull back, we don\u2019t need any more people to get vaccinated.\u201d We need to continue to get those individuals, now 70 million people who are eligible to be vaccinated, vaccinated. Because if you look at the history, MARGARET, of the different surges we\u2019ve had, it\u2019s come up, start to come down, and then all of a sudden boom, come back up again. As it\u2019s coming down, we have within our capability, we can make this happen. Namely, go down to a very, very low level, with vaccination and with mitigation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Well\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: So that\u2019s the one thing I want to make sure that our viewers realize that we\u2019ve done well in the sense of getting 55% of the population fully vaccinated, and 64% with at least one dose. But we\u2019ve got to keep pushing on the vaccination front.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: OK. You said, \u201cDon\u2019t let your guard down.\u201d There are two new studies out that show COVID\u2019s gotten better at transmitting through aerosols, just through the air. What does that mean? We\u2019re going into cold weather. We\u2019re going into the holidays. Do people need to start looking around and saying it\u2019s just too risky to gather with family members if there are unvaccinated children?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Well, MARGARET, I believe just the way the CDC has recommended that when you are in a situation where you have a [dynamic \u2026 virus] in the community, where there\u2019s clearly a lot of spread, even if you are vaccinated and you are in an indoor setting, a congregate setting, it just makes sense to wear a mask and to avoid high-risk situations. And what we should be doing is look at ventilation in indoor places. We know now that this is clearly spread by aerosol, and when you have something spread by aerosol, you absolutely want more ventilation, which is the reason why outdoors is always much safer than indoors. And if you are indoors, ventilation is going to be key. And that\u2019s the reason why we really should be paying attention to that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: But we can gather for Christmas, or it\u2019s just too soon to tell?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: You know, MARGARET, it\u2019s just too soon to tell. We\u2019ve just got to concentrating on continuing to get those numbers down and not try to jump ahead by weeks or months and say what we\u2019re going to do at a particular time. Let\u2019s focus like a laser on continuing to get those cases down. And we can do it by people getting vaccinated, and also in the situation where boosters are appropriate to get people boosted because we know that they can help greatly in diminishing infection and diminishing advanced disease, the kinds of data that are now accumulating in real time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: The president announced nearly a month ago that businesses need to mandate vaccines for their employees or submit them to weekly testing. We looked; it\u2019s been a month. None of this paperwork has been filed with OSHA to make that happen. Was this a stunt? Are you seeing companies follow through even without the legal mandate filed?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: I think some of them are, and I think you\u2019ll be seeing a lot more once we get past these legal issues. I think what the president said about companies greater than 100 individuals is a good thing, and you\u2019re seeing also local groups, universities, and businesses are doing that, mandating vaccines\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: But you\u2019re speaking with immediacy. But when you\u2019re speaking with immediacy, it doesn\u2019t seem reflected in the action here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Well, certainly if you look at universities now, we\u2019ve had, I believe, MARGARET, if I\u2019m not mistaken, close to a thousand or more universities are saying that if you want to be on campus with real time classes, you really have to get vaccinated or you can\u2019t come, and there are businesses that are doing that. I mean, airlines, look at airlines, the mandate of the airlines, where you have now 99% of certain airlines, employees are vaccinated. So when you do that, when you tell people that there are alternatives that if you do not want to get vaccinated, you\u2019re not going to work or you\u2019re not going to be able to go to school. I think that the emergent nature of what we\u2019re dealing with actually does justify that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: We\u2019ve seen such an uptick in infections among kids, and low uptake of the vaccine in that 12 to 17 range. California just mandated it, as of January is the estimate. Do you think other states should follow suit?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Well, I agree with what Governor Newsom did in California. I mean, I\u2019m not going to getting into the local issues only to talk about general principles that people need to realize that having a vaccine requirement for schools is not a new, novel thing that is very peculiar or specific to COVID-19. We\u2019ve been doing this for decades. My own children could not have gone to school if they had not gotten vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella. So when we see pushback on that, it\u2019s as if this never happened before. It\u2019s actually ongoing with other vaccines. So, let\u2019s do it with a virus that\u2019s very, very serious. And as you just mentioned with the numbers, MARGARET, has caused an unprecedented number of deaths and infections in this country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: We had news this week from Merck that they have this new pill they submitted to the FDA that can reduce the chances of hospitalization if you get COVID. The government has purchased 1.7 million doses. That doesn\u2019t seem like nearly enough. Why didn\u2019t the government place a bigger bet on this drug?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Well, I think the government placed a good bet on it, you know, when people \u2014 some people were saying, well, it\u2019s, you know, it\u2019s no proof at all or even indication it\u2019s going to work. We went ahead and purchased 1.7. We have the option for millions more. And now that we have this success, the company certainly is going to rev up and make tens and tens of millions more for the rest of the world, and for us. So, it\u2019s good news, and I think we were very prescient in making that determination way back of making a purchase of 1.7 million, billion, million, excuse me, I\u2019m sorry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: But you don\u2019t worry that in the immediate term, the American government will be pushed to the back of the line before these foreign governments have their new purchase orders filled.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: You know, I don\u2019t think so \u2026 I mean, I think this is good news and I think it\u2019s going to be an important addition to our armamentarium. What I won\u2019t want people to be doing is to saying, well, now that we have a drug, we don\u2019t need to get vaccinated. The easiest way to not get in a hospital and not die is to not get infected in the first place.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, faced criticism on Sunday after claiming during an interview with CBS News that it was \u201ctoo soon\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-842785","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\/842785","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842785\/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=842785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}